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Autonomous Guided vehicles (AGV) / Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR)

Benefits:

  • Reduces man-hours needed to transport, retrieve and store inventory in factories and warehouses.

STANDARDS

Document No.
ISO 12100:2010
TITLE
Safety of machinery — General principles for design — Risk assessment and risk reduction
Why is it useful?
Provides a framework for conducting risk assessment of workplace hazards associated with implementing emerging technology in order to eliminate or minimise such risks.
Document No.
ISO 13849-1:2015
TITLE
Safety of machinery — Safety-related parts of control systems — Part 1: General principles for design
Why is it useful?
Provides requirements for implementation of AGVs/AMRs to ensure that they are integrated safely into operations.