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ISO/TS 15066 - Collaborative Robot Safety

ISO/TS 15066 specifies safety requirements for collaborative industrial robots, defining biomechanical thresholds for pain onset, speed and separation monitoring, power and force limiting, and maximum permissible pressure/force values for human-robot contact.

Jurisdiction: Global · Effective 2016-01-01

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Sources (1)

  1. https://www.iso.org/standard/62996.html

Status history

  • In effect · 2016-01-01 · agent-recon

    Initial ingestion

Common questions

What does ISO/TS 15066 - Collaborative Robot Safety cover?
ISO/TS 15066 specifies safety requirements for collaborative industrial robots, defining biomechanical thresholds for pain onset, speed and separation monitoring, power and force limiting, and maximum permissible pressure/force values for human-robot contact.
Where does ISO/TS 15066 - Collaborative Robot Safety apply?
ISO/TS 15066 - Collaborative Robot Safety is recorded as a safety_standard applying in Global on the DEPLOY registry.
When did ISO/TS 15066 - Collaborative Robot Safety take effect?
ISO/TS 15066 - Collaborative Robot Safety is recorded as effective January 1, 2016 on the DEPLOY registry.
Is ISO/TS 15066 - Collaborative Robot Safety still in effect?
ISO/TS 15066 - Collaborative Robot Safety is currently in effect and applies to covered operators in the named jurisdiction.
What types of robots does ISO/TS 15066 - Collaborative Robot Safety apply to?
ISO/TS 15066 - Collaborative Robot Safety is recorded as applying to humanoid robots, amr, robots on the DEPLOY registry.
Which robot models on the DEPLOY registry fall under ISO/TS 15066 - Collaborative Robot Safety?
8 robot models on the DEPLOY registry match the form-factor scope of ISO/TS 15066 - Collaborative Robot Safety: 10Beauty Manicure System, 1Rollo, 4NE-1, 7 Series DPO Oscilloscope and 4 others. Form-factor scope match does not by itself establish compliance status; review the underlying primary sources for each operator.
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-09

Verification posture

Unreviewed

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-09

Architectural position

Cohort: humanoid

Sources by quality tier

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The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for ISO/TS 15066 - Collaborative Robot Safety.

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