AMRs, along with AGVs and other driverless industrial trucks, are covered by ISO 3691-4:2023 — the international safety standard specifying requirements for obstacle detection and avoidance, safety bumper design, emergency stop placement, and safe operation.
What does ISO 3691-4 actually cover?
The standard describes how to design a mobile robot for safe operation, covering both hardware (such as obstacle detection and safety bumpers, and emergency stop placement) and operational or software-level design requirements.
Who is responsible for compliance?
ISO 3691-4 defines shared responsibilities between OEM manufacturers, integrators, and end users — each has a role in keeping the deployed system compliant, not just the robot manufacturer alone.
How does this relate to a specific installation?
As with cobot installations, a site-specific safety audit is how these requirements get confirmed for your actual layout, rather than assumed from the equipment spec alone.
Frequently asked
What safety standard applies to AMRs?
ISO 3691-4:2023, which covers driverless industrial trucks including AMRs and AGVs.
What does ISO 3691-4 cover?
Obstacle detection and avoidance, safety bumper design, emergency stop placement, and both hardware and software safety requirements.
Who is responsible for AMR safety compliance?
Responsibility is shared between the OEM manufacturer, the integrator, and the end user under ISO 3691-4.