Controls and Safeguards

Industrial robots

The United States has a government agency called the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). We don’t see them too often in the software field, but we can still learn from their safety advice for robots $^{10}$. Industrial robots have multiple layers of safeguards to prevent damage to people, machines, and facilities. In particular, limiting devices and sensors detect when the robot is not operating in a normal condition