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ISO 10218 — Safety Requirements for Industrial Robots

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Issued by International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Summary

ISO 10218-1 and ISO 10218-2 are international safety standards for industrial robots and robot system integration. They are central to embodied AI governance because AI-driven vision, pathfinding, and adaptive control can turn software decisions into physical movement. The standards define safety requirements for robot design, integration, protective stops, speed limits, force-limiting measures, and safe human-robot interaction. As collaborative robots and AI-enabled factory systems become more autonomous, ISO 10218 provides a technical baseline for preventing software-driven physical hazards in industrial settings.

Why it matters

Safety requirements for industrial robots and robot system integration; protective stop functions; speed and force limits; collaborative robot safeguards; human-robot interaction safety; technical baseline for AI-enabled factory automation.

Governance themes

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Record metadata

Country
International
Region
Global
Organisation
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Governance themes
Robotics, Embodied AI, Safety, Standards, Risk management
Document type
Standard
Status
Published
Last updated
27 June 2026
Language
English
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Plain citation

International Organization for Standardization, ISO 10218: Safety Requirements for Industrial Robots.

BibTeX

@misc{iso_10218_safety_requirements_industrial_robots,
  title        = {ISO 10218 — Safety Requirements for Industrial Robots},
  author       = {International Organization for Standardization (ISO)},
  year         = {n.d.},
  howpublished = {Global AI Governance Archive},
  url          = {https://www.iso.org/standard/73933.html}
}

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Recorded cross-references

  • European Union — Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230
  • UNECE WP.29 Cyber Security and Software Update Regulations
  • European Union — High-Risk AI Conformity Assessment Guidelines

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