In recent years, with the promotion of human-robot collaboration technology and concepts (with an average annual compound growth rate of more than 37%), the relationship between humans and robots has become more and more "intimate", constantly breaking the "barrier" and achieving "zero distance" contact.
However, due to the lack of specifications and the misuse of technology, various accidents have occurred one after another. In order to solve these potential safety hazards, but also for the long-term development of collaboration technology, various countries have successively issued professional technical specifications to supervise the safety of human-machine collaboration application scenarios, so as to achieve real human-machine safety collaboration.
So how should we respond to these technical specifications?
The ISO/ANSI compliant safety check service for collaborative robots in their human-robot collaboration application scenarios - FPM, or Force and Pressure Measurement, is on the market!
Overview of the FPM service from SICK
According to the technical requirements of the two safety standards of ISO TS 15066 in Europe or RIA TR R15.606 in North America, for collaborative robots put into industrial use, in the process of physical interaction with operators, it is necessary to conduct a risk assessment for the process flow of the collaborative robot, and use professional instruments to measure the mechanical measurement and issue a test report for the identified collision risk between humans and robots.
Test whether the data is within the required range against the standard values given in the ISO or ANSI standard documents, so as to determine whether additional safety measures need to be added.
FPM service content from SICK
1. According to the risk points listed in the risk assessment, adjust the position of the support of the precision pressure measuring instrument to adapt to the moving attitude in the robot production process and simulate normal production;
2. Cover the surface of the instrument with a layer of pressure-sensitive test strips;
3. The robot runs automatically and hits each measurement point;
4. Read the measured value through special instruments and software, and import special software to form the effect shown in the figure below:
Service value
SICK's FPM service can not only measure the force of the simulated impact part, but also measure the pressure value here, and evaluate the dangerous injury level from multiple dimensions, so as to better reflect the compliance of human-machine collaboration and escort the safe production of the factory.
Through professional services and high-precision instruments, the abstract safety risk problems in human-machine collaboration applications are quantified, which is convenient for end customers to make scientific decisions, choose more suitable for their own cost-effective safety protection solutions, avoid excessive investment, and improve the investment income ratio of factory unit equipment.
At the same time, the test report can also help cobot manufacturers or integrators verify the high-quality performance of their products, avoid vicious competition in the market, and highlight differentiation to help their business development. At the same time, it can also indirectly improve the application specifications of the domestic collaborative robot industry.
Application scenarios
1. Handling and palletizing
2. Assembly
3. Visual inspection
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