Robot Safety Standard Documents
This is where you’ll find all of the current American National Standards industrial robots. These standards provide robotic definitions, engineering guidelines, evaluation criteria, testing requirements, and safety requirements for industrial robots.
NEWLY REVISED R15.06-2025
After nearly eight years of work, A3 has published the revised ANSI/A3 R15.06-2025 American National Standard for Industrial Robots and Robot Systems- Safety Requirements. This is the global flagship standard for industrial robot safety. In its first major revision since 2011, these new documents offer a significant leap forward in ensuring the safety of robotics in industrial environments.
R15.06 will consists of three parts. Two parts are available immediately, and Part 3 is coming soon and will address the user.
- Part 1: Industrial Robots
- Part 2: Industrial Robot Applications and Robot Cells
- Part 3: Use of Industrial Robot Cells *COMING SOON
The new R15.06 Parts 1 and 2 feature extensive updates that focus on making functional safety requirements more explicit rather than implied. This shift enhances clarity and usability, making compliance more straightforward for manufacturers and integrators alike.
*When Part 3 is published, the update will be provided to anyone who already purchased R15.06-2025.
ANSI/A3 R15.08-2-2023
American National Standard for Industrial Mobile Robots – Safety Requirements – Part 2: Requirements for IMR system(s) and IMR application(s)
This new standard provides the IMR systems and systems integration requirements for industrial mobile robots (IMRs).
ANSI/RIA R15.08-1-2020
American National Standard for Industrial Mobile Robots - Safety Requirements - Part 1: Requirements for the Industrial Mobile Robot
R15.08-1 is a document providing technical requirements for the design and integration of industrial mobile robots.
Industrial Mobile Robot Bundle
The Industrial Mobile Robot Bundle includes R15.08-Part 1 and R15.08-Part 2. This bundle is a critical starting point toward ensuring the safe integration practices for industrial mobile robots and will be a solid foundation for future work in this area. Part 1 provides safety requirements for the IMR. Part 2 provides the IMR systems and systems integration requirements for industrial mobile robots (IMRs). Part 3 of this standard will provide safety requirements for IMR users.
Super Safety Bundle
The Super Safety Bundle includes everything implementation of the safety guidelines contained the ANSI/RIA R15.06-2012: Industrial Robot Safety Standard. Includes the Standard itself, plus all four currently active Technical Reports (TRs 306, 506, 606, and 806). Format: PDF.
Collaborative Robot Safety Bundle
The Collaborative Robot Safety Bundle addresses the latest safety guidance collaborative robots. The bundle includes the RIA TR R15.606 – 2016 – Collaborative Robots and RIA TR R15.806 – 2018- Testing Methods Power & Force Limited Collaborative Applications. These reports highlight risk assessment, system design, force and pressure measurement and more.
Expert Robot Systems Bundle
The Expert Robot Systems Bundle provides all six currently active ANSI-Registered Technical Reports (TRs) that supplement the ANSI/RIA R15.06-2012: Industrial Robot Safety Standard. Includes TRs 306, 506, 606, 706 and 806.
RIA TR R15.306-2016
Task-based Risk Assessment Methodology
TR 306 describes one method of risk assessment that complies the requirements of the 2012 R15.06 Standard.
RIA TR R15.506-2014
Applicability of ANSI/RIA R15.06-2012 Existing Industrial Robot Applications
TR 506 explains to apply the ANSI/RIA R15.06-2012: Industrial Robot Safety Standard to existing robot systems.
RIA TR15.606-2016
Collaborative Robots
TR 606 explains safety requirements specific to collaborative robots and robot systems and is supplemental to the guidance ANSI/RIA R15.06. The TR 606 document is a U.S. National Adoption of ISO/TS 15066; it was published 2016.
RIA TR R15.706–2019
User Responsibilities Standard
TR 706 is directed to the user stakeholder, providing guidance and expanding on the responsibilities that are implied, but not stated specifically, in the R15.06-2012 Standard.
RIA TR15.806-2018
Guide to Testing Pressure and Force Collaborative Robot Applications
This report describes test methods and metrics measuring the pressures and forces associated quasi-static and transient contact events of collaborative applications. It provides guidance on determining conditions of the test measurements, measurement devices, and accurate testing methods.
Technical Specification ISO/TS 15066:2016
Robots and Robotic Devices - Collaborative Robots
ISO/TS 15066 provides safety requirements collaborative industrial robot systems. Effective of TS 15066 assumes that the robot system under consideration is compliance Part 1 and Part 2 of ISO 10218:2011. (Note: Systems compliant ANSI/RIA R15.06:2012 are compliant ISO 10218:2011.)
ANSI/RIA R15.06-2012
American National Standard Industrial Robots and Robot Systems - Safety Requirements
The purpose of this standard is to provide guidelines industrial robot manufacture, remanufacture and rebuild; robot system installation; and methods of safeguarding to enhance the safety of personnel associated the of industrial robots and robot systems.