Robot Safety and Risk Assessment Training Syllabus
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ROBOT SAFETY STANDARD TRAINING - Day 1
Course Objective:
Students will be able to:
- Understand basic safety guidelines for robotic applications
- Identify key elements of the robot safety standard
- Apply provisions of the standard in daily operations
Methodology:
Using narrated visual presentations, inform the students of the essential information contained in the current ANSI/RIA R15.06-2012 Robot Safety Standard, which includes the ISO standard.
Topical summary:
Session 1
- General introduction to standards
- Various types of standards oversight and review requirements
- Overview of the R15.06 and Technical Reports
- Part 1 – Manufacturer
- Part 2 – Integrator, supplier, installer
- Brief update on US and International Standards development work
- Detailed explanation of key points in the standard
- Comprehensive Risk Assessment
- Functional safety
- Definitions
Session 2
- Detailed explanation of key points continued
- Stakeholder responsibilities
- Robot design requirements
- Robot features
- Application requirements
Session 3
- Detailed explanation of key points continued
- Integrated manufacturing systems (IMS)
- Safeguarding procedures
- Safeguarding methodology
- Verification and validation
- User responsibilities
RISK ASSESSMENT - Day 2
Course Objective:
Students will be able to:
- Identify necessary tasks
- Identify possible hazards
- Use furnished matrix to determine risk reduction requirements
- Reason possible solutions to reduce risk
- Validate proposed solutions
- Document the risk assessment
Methodology:
Using narrated visual presentations, guide students through each stage of a risk assessment that satisfies the requirements in the ANSI/RIA R15.06-2012 Robot Safety Standard, and called out in the RIA TR R15.306-2016.
Topical summary:
Session 1
- Introduction to collaborative applications using robots
- General introduction to Risk Assessment
- Safety planning, design
- Need for risk assessment
- Sample robot cell
- Organizing a risk assessment
- Planning Room setup
- Equipment needs
- Selecting personnel participation
Session 2
- Identify tasks
- Using forms furnished determine what tasks are performed on the robot work cell
- Identify hazards
- Using forms furnished determine potential hazards
- Determine risk reduction required
- Using table in TR R15.306 determine what level risk reduction is necessary for each hazard
- Determine hazards associated with each task
- Using matrix in TR R15.306 determine what level safeguarding will be necessary for each task/hazard combination
- Determine what safeguards will be appropriate to mitigate risk. Discuss possible options, necessary considerations
- Validate safeguard selection
- Using matrix in TR R15.306 determine if selected safeguard choice will be sufficient
- Document risk assessment
- Using sample forms, document decisions made in the risk assessment