Carole Franklin, Robotic Industries Association (RIA)
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Director of Standards Development Conference Welcome and Introduction Session details coming soon. |
Jeff Pratt, Crown Equipment
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Senior Corporate Safety & Environmental Engineer Safety Professionals: What You Need to Know About Robotics & Safety Jeff will share input from Crown's International EHS colleagues from: Queretaro Mexico, Suzhou, China, and Roding, Germany on "What Safety Professionals Need to Know" concerning robotics and safety. Safety professionals should know they are not alone when it comes to robotics and safety, and standards are available to help guide the way. Additional focus this year will be on upset conditions in the risk assessment process, risks associated with plant layout, and even the location where the risk assessment itself is completed is very important to the outcome of the project. |
Craig Salvalaggio, Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT)
Gerd Walter, Creative Automation
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Vice President of Operations Robotic System Integrators: What You Need to Know About Robotics & Safety Part 1 - How do Systems Integrators define themselves and differentiate with so many competitors. |
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President and COO Robotic System Integrators: What You Need to Know About Robotics & Safety An Overview Session on Robotic System Integrators and why Certified Robot Integrators make sure to use the Safety Standard and how that helps guarantee safe implementations. Has an overview of the RIA Certified Robot Integrator process with an emphasis on Safety and a overview of the what a Safetry Standard is and why people use them. |
Roberta Nelson Shea, Universal Robots
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Global Technical Compliance Officer Introduction to Industrial Robot Safety: ISO 10218, Parts 1 and 2 (ANSI/RIA R15.06) The standard is introduced to set the stage for subsequent speakers who present specifics of individual topics. |
Scott Denenberg, Veo Robotics
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Co-founder and Chief Architect Introduction to ISO/TS 15066 (RIA TR R15.606): The future of Robot System Safety This talk will provide an introduction to collaborative robotic safety per ISO/TS 15066 (TR 606), reviewing the four types of collaborative robot systems. Risk assessments are required for all robotic applications, and are especially important for collaborative applications, since they involve people working in close physical proximity to a robot and other machinery. Risk assessments will reveal hazards that must be addressed before the robot system is able to be deployed, such as those associated with end-of-arm tooling, workpieces, clamps, and conveyors. This presentation will also discuss current trends in manufacturing, the limitations of existing robotic systems, and how improved performance of robots and robot controllers can lead to greater functionality and closer collaboration. Veo works closely with robot manufacturers and industry members to develop and execute on a technology roadmap that prioritizes a more open model of external control, enabling safe real-time human-robot collaborative systems. |
Joe Falco, National Institutes for Standards and Technology (NIST)
Ryan Braman, TUV Rheinland
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Mechanical Engineer Introduction to TR 806: Test Methods for PFL Collaborative Systems Session details coming soon. |
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Test Engineering Manager Introduction to TR 806: Test Methods for PFL Collaborative Systems Session details coming soon. |
Michael Gerstenberger, Chairperson for R15.08 Committee
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Chairperson Introduction to R15.08: Industrial Mobile Robot Safety Session details coming soon. |
Sarah Fletcher, Cranfield University
Carolann Quinlan-Smith, CRSP, Workplace Safety & Prevention Services
The success of new manufacturing technologies and processes is always highly dependent on workforce acceptance so, as we face increasing deployment of shop floor human-robot collaboration (HRC), we must consider how best to introduce this new way of working to operators. Closer interactions will inevitably bring new experiences and cognitive responses which may well impact on both well-being and performance. In particular, where the large payload ‘industrial robots’ that have traditionally been caged and separated are now redesigned as collaborative systems, the workforce will need to be convinced and reassured of their safety. This session describes current work to address these current challenges and help to develop a new mindset in industrial workforces that welcomes collaborative working.
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Senior Research Fellow: Industrial Psychology & Human Factors Addressing the Barriers to Human and Robot Collaboration in the Workplace |
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Health and Safety Consultant Addressing the Barriers to Human and Robot Collaboration in the Workplace |
Gail Dyer, Corning Incorporated
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Sr. Automation Controls Engineer Introduction to TR R706: User Requirements for Robot System Safety This session will offer an overview of the new technical report R15.706 which gives guidance to users working with new or existing robot systems. While R15.06 is not directed to users, it is still important for them to understand how to apply the standard to make sure they receive systems as expected. Among the topics covered are: participation in the system risk assessment, interacting with vendors, startup in the facility, and how to manage changes to the system throughout its life. |
Gary Garrahan, The Wonderful Company
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EHS Manager Experience with using TR R15.306 (Task-based Risk Assessment Methodology) TR R15.306 describes the methodology for determining Initial Risk Levels and Residual Risk Levels for hazards presented by industrial robot systems. The purpose of this presentation is to:
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Director, Office of Occupational Safety Training Robotics Safety and OSHA Compliance This presentation will discuss prevalent safety issues regarding machine guarding and hazardous energy control (Lockout/Tagout). |
Tina Jones, OSHA, Dawn Castillo, NIOSH, Carole Franklin, RIA
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Director of Standards Development Panel: OSHA/ NIOSH/ RIA Alliance Session description coming soon. |
Bob Rochelle, Güdel Inc.
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Account Manager - South Region Expanding Your Collaborative Robot Work Envelope Industrial robots have a defined work envelope or reach but there are situations in some applications where this reach is not sufficient to satisfy the application's requirements. Solutions include the addition of another robot, utilizing a larger robot or just to move the robot itself. We will explore the possible methods available to move the robot and expand the robot's reach, how to integrate these methods into your system, how to control this motion, how to size the mechanism and discuss the potential challenges in doing this. |
Marvin Winrich, Rockwell Automation
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Safety Consultant Case Study - Robot Waterjet Cutting Work Cells for Automotive Parts Actual case study: Observations and Recommendations - 4 Overhead mounted, 6 axis robots - waterjet cutting work cells with vacuum table and high pressure water intensifier. 2 Robot work cells cut foam parts for automotive and truck applications. |
Tom Meany, Analog Devices
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Functional Safety Architect Functional Safety and Cyber Security for Robots, Cobots and Mobots This session will discuss the functional safety and cyber security requirements for industrial robots based on Tom's experience as a member of IEC 61508 software and hardware committees, the ISO 10218 robot safety group and as an observing member of the ISA 99 group responsible for the IEC 62443 standard. |
Lorenzo Nava, Inxpect
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Product Manager Case Studies in Robotic Applications and Safety Radar Technology An overview on how to reach safety in robotic applications collaborative and non collaborative with a final focus on the new available technology of safety radar detection. |
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Functional Safety Expert Demystify the Use of Category 2 and Category 3 Category is one element used when designing a safety system to meet its required Performance Level (PL) according to ISO 13849-1:2015 Safety of machinery -- Safety-related parts of control systems -- Part 1: General principles for design. This session will explore how each category impacts circuit design options. It will look at technology changes and how categories can influence the robot system. We'll explore different methods of diagnostic coverage and its affect for the overall performance level when used with different categories. A dive into the standards and its history will reveal how technical advances have expanded and will continue to change the options available for fault detection. Looking at an example with power and force robots used in collaborative applications will demonstrate the concepts in a practical manner. |
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Consulting and Training Coordinator Validation of Safety in a Robot Cell Session description coming soon. |
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Vice President, Global Automation Safety of a Traditional Robot Cell In this session, we will focus on a case study of a traditional arc welding robot system and the safety applications. We will highlight how the RIA safety standards guide the design principles of the robotic system as well as the integrated tooling. |
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General Manager - Automation Systems Group Safeguarding Collaborative Applications Assuring personnel are safe while interacting with a robot relies on more than just the robot. It's the entire application that needs to be considered. Should we accept that applying a safe robot results in a safe operation? These Case Studies will demystify Safeguarding of Robotic Collaborative Applications with and without Power & Force Limiting (cobot) technologies. |
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Regional Head of Advanced Robotic Applications Case Study on Mobile Robot Safety Faced with the growing demand for more personalized and varied products in a competitive global marketplace, today's manufacturers are looking for faster, more creative ways to overcome space limitations and other complex production challenges. Many have turned to collaborative and mobile robotics systems to meet their needs. Combining the strengths of a collaborative robot with an autonomous mobile platform, these vehicles use intelligent software and sensors to navigate crowded factory floors and perform a number of tasks. But how does a manufacturer know if an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) is right for their application? And just as important: how do they implement them safely? Using real-world case studies, this presentation will show how autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are being safely used to increase the flexibility of automation projects in different work settings. The speaker will walk attendees through the safety considerations and benefits of each project, as well as provide working definitions of industry-specific topics. |
Otto Görnemann, SICK AG
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Expert Machine Safety & Regulations Reliability of Safety Functions for Industrial Robots: A New Standardization Approach The contribution presents the standardization guidelines to be followed while designing safety functions and introduces a proposal for a flexible determination of the required performance of the safety functions in industrial robotics applications and standards. |
Mark Lewandowski, Procter & Gamble
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Robotics Innovation Leader Multi-Mode Approach to Safety with Collaborative Robots Collaborative robots are often marketed as being “safe” and not requiring any guarding or other safety devices to be used. However, power and force limited (PFL) collaborative robots are not usually enough by themselves to create a safe robot application. Multiple modes of safeguarding are usually required in order to provide acceptable levels of hazard reduction for collaborative robot applications. This presentation will discuss how and when to use different types of safety strategies to implement a safe collaborative robotic application. |
Chris Soranno, SICK
Track: Risk Assessment
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Safety Standards & Competence Manager Benefits of a Comprehensive Risk Assessment Many robot system integrators (and users) feel constrained by the requirements of the current robot safety standard regarding performance requirements for safety-related parts of the control system (SRP/CS). However, this perception results in unnecessary and sometimes over burdensome limitations, complexity, and expense to the design of safety-related control systems. By now, many designers are aware that both the Robot (in Part 1) and the Robot System (in Part 2) must meet the safety-related control systems requirements of either: (a) Performance Level (PL) with structure category 3 according to ISO 13849-1, or (b) Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 2 with hardware fault tolerance of 1 with proof test interval of not less than 20 years according to IEC 62061. Surprising to many in the industry, these requirements are in fact not ˜mandatory. |
Terry Meister, Applied Manufacturing Technologies
Track: Collaborative Robot System Safety
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Controls Manager What You Don't Know About Collaborative Robot Safety CAN Hurt You Take advantage of our experience and learn from real life systems. With all the increasing hype and exposure, promises of reduced cost and integration time, more and more people are assuming the people-friendly robots are the best and safest choice. While that may be true it is important to understand how the application as a whole meets the RIA and applicable guidelines, and often times the integration of a collaborative robot with other equipment may or may not allow for the safety features to be capitalized on. AMT Engineers will walk you through collaborative applications we’ve designed and installed and then turn over a project to you to work on as teams. |
Russell Toris, Fetch Robotics
Track: Mobile Robot Safety
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Director of Robotics Intro to Mobile Robot Safety Join Russell Toris, Director of Robotics at Fetch Robotics in learning the basics in safety with mobile robots. In this session, you will learn how mobile robots operate, navigate, locate themselves in space, and sense while operating safely in their environment. |
Sean Felker, Brain Corp
Track: Mobile Robot Safety
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Lead Functional Safety Engineer Using Data and Fleet Monitoring to Mitigate Risks While the system architecture, hardware, and associated firmware determine baseline robotic safety, the wealth of data provided by Brain Corp's cloud connectivity provides tremendous benefits in a wide range of safety applications. This in-depth talk will review the major ways in which Brain Corp uses this data to increase the safety of the fleet and drive a closed-loop continuous improvement process surrounding the system's safety functions. Key areas include: Code validation using simulation with real-world data; Proactive system monitoring in which triggering safety indicators can be continuously updated; root-cause analysis for reported incidents; Rapid, automated safety-related response capability such as remotely disabling a unit. |
Michael DeRosier, Schmersal
Track: Risk Assessment
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Engineering Services Manager Modern Safety Technology for Robot Guarding Learn about some of the advancements in technologies related to safety switches and controllers. Uptime being extremely important to companies, it is becoming more critical to develop devices that have a longer life expectance as well as providing increased diagnostic capabilities. This can be done visually through indicator lights as well as through standard field bus communication protocols. Advance technology does not need to be difficult to use or understand. Easier installation and more information will increase productivity and uptime while being cost effective. |
Michael Gerstenberger, R15.08 Committee
Track: Collaborative Robot System Safety
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Chairperson ISO/TS 15066: Behind the Tables Have you tried to replicate the transient contact speed limit table from ISO/TS 15066, but found a few of the values seem off? Would you like a little more background on the "reduced mass" of the transient contact model? And what's up with using half the mass of the moving part of the robot in that calculation? This workshop dives into the details and assumptions of ISO/TS 15066 Annex A for power and force limited collaborative robot applications. |
Hussein Chami, Ford Motor Company
Track: Mobile Robot Safety
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Advanced Controls Engineer Mobile Robotic Safety at Ford Ford Motor Company has developed a rigorous testing process to ensure the safety of workers walking near mobile robots. This testing procedure challenges the on-board safety features of the mobile robot and calibrates the speeds and detection fields until Ford is satisfied with the safety behaviors of the mobile robot. Only then do they place the mobile robot into operation around workers. |
Claus Jørgensen, Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR)
Track: Mobile Robot Safety
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Safety & Compliance Manager Elements of Safe Commissioning of a Mobile Robot System A safety standard for AGV/AMR, ISO/FDIS 3691-4, is predicted to be published in 2020 and become an important international standard for industrial mobile robots. The standard recognizes the importance of commissioning and preparation of the environment for the AGV/AMR system. In addition to addressing the product design, the standard sets comprehensive obligations on the manufacturer in ensuring the AGV/AMR system is commissioned correctly for safe usages. The speaker will present an example of the various tools for supporting the commissioning process. |
Jeff Fryman, JDF Consulting
Track: Risk Assessment
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Principal Consultant How to Complete a Risk Assessment Using TR R15.306 Introduction to conducting a successful Risk Assessment using the methodology put forth in the Technical Report R15.306. This risk assessment can be used to select the proper safeguarding and functional safety required for the controls of industrial robot cells. |
Elena Dominguez, Pilz Automation Safety
Track: Collaborative Robot System Safety
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Safety Consultant Overview of Collaborative Risk Assessment & Reduction and Risk Estimation Tools Collaborative robot risk assessment and collision measurement |
Bob Bollinger, Procter & Gamble
Track: Mobile Robot Safety
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Global Robotics Applied Innovation Leader AMR Application Safety Session description coming soon. |
Arnie Kravitz, ARM Institute
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CTO CLOSING KEYNOTE: Human-Robot Trust and Safety Improving workers’ trust in robots (for collaborative and co-located robotics in manufacturing) is critical to achieving broader adoption. Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) has been conducting research in this area relative to new and next innovations that address the trust and safety issues on the shop floor. This session will provide key findings from ARM’s research in this area, emphasizing advancements in robot attributes such as robot self-awareness, bi-directional predictive intent and health/performance/fatigue (of both the robot and the human), explainable logic, etc. Attendees will gain a deeper, current insight into the state of robotics relative to trust and safety issues on the factory floor. |
