Standards Development

Scope

This document specifies safety requirements for service robots in personal service (3.22) and professional service (3.24) applications.

This document provides safety requirements for stationary, mobile, and wearable service robots.

This document describes significant hazards associated with the use of these robots, and provides requirements to eliminate, or reduce, the risks associated with these hazards to an acceptable level.

This document does not apply to:

— robots travelling faster than 20 km/h;

— robot toys;

— water-borne robots and flying robots;

— industrial robots and industrial robot applications covered in ISO 10218-1 and ISO 10218-2;

— cleaning robots and lawn mowers covered in IEC 63327, IEC 60335-2-2 or IEC 60335-2-107;

— robots as medical devices;

— military or public force application robots;

— driverless industrial trucks (AGVs) covered by ISO 3691-4:2023;

— autonomous driving Cargo e-Transporters (ACeTs) covered by IEC 63281-2-2. This document is applicable to robots with multiple intended uses where one of the intended uses falls within the scope of this document.The scope of this document is limited primarily to human safety.

This document is not applicable to robots manufactured prior to its publication date.

This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events as described in Annex A.

This document does not provide any requirements for participation of service robots in road traffic environments.

This document does not provide any requirements for transportation of persons with service robots.