Key Takeaways:
- Understand the significance of updated robotic safety standards
- Learn about complex safety challenges
- Discover the importance of integrating cybersecurity practices into robotics design
- Explore strategies to leverage established safety protocols
Machine Design and Carole Franklin, director of standards and development for robots at A3, talk about the changing landscape of risk management and compliance in the field of robotics engineering in this third of a four-part series.
Here, Franklin talks about how these changes affect the complexity of engineer responsibilities—especially when robots operate outside of controlled environments. With new capabilities come new challenges, and engineers must now design systems that prioritize safety even in public settings, where uncontrolled interactions could occur.
Cybersecurity considerations add another layer to the design process. As robotics technology evolves and becomes more interconnected, ensuring robot cybersecurity measures becomes necessary for minimizing economic risks and safeguarding both hardware and human safety.
Franklin looks at the implications for compliance and discusses the best practices that can bridge the gap between traditional safety paradigms and the demands of contemporary robotic applications.
“On the basis of what we’ve added about cybersecurity in the 10218 2025 edition, what we’re asking is that, as we are rushing to connect everything, that we just pause a minute and make sure that we are incorporating cybersecurity best practices into the connection of industrial robots and everything else,” Franklin said.
Watch additional parts of this interview series with Carole Franklin.
