Chapter 3
Safety
3.1 Introduction
This chapter gives a short introduction to the statutory documentation and im-
portant information about the risk assessment, followed by a section concerning
emergency situations. Regarding safety in general all assembly instructions from
1.4 and 2.1 shall be followed. Technical specifications of the electrical safety
interface, including performance level and safety categories, are found in sec-
tion 2.3.
3.2 Statutory documentation
A robot installation within the EU shall comply with the machinery directive to
insure its safety. This includes the following points.
1. Make sure that the product comply with all essential requirements.
2. Make a risk assessment.
3. Specify instructions for the operator.
4. Make a declaration of conformity.
5. Collect all information in a technical file.
6. Put a CE mark on the robot installation.
In a given robot installation, the integrator is responsible for the compliance
with all relevant directives. Universal Robots takes responsibility for the robot itself
complying with the relevant EU directives (See section 5.1).
Universal Robots provides a safety guide, available at http://www.universal-
robots.com, for integrators with little or no experience in making the necessary
documentation.
If the robot is installed outside EU, the robot integration shall comply with the
local directives and laws of the specific country. The integrator is responsible for
this compliance. It is always necessary to perform a risk assessment to ensure
that the complete robot installation is sufficiently safe.
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