ISO/TS 15066: Speed and Separation Monitoring for Cobots
- Date
- 2028-08-28
- Location
- Online
- Host
- ISO 10218 (Functional Safety)
About this event
If you work with collaborative robots, safety decisions cannot stay abstract for long. ISO/TS 15066 shapes how teams think about human-robot interaction, and Speed and Separation Monitoring is one of the most practical and consequential topics in that conversation. This virtual session is built for people who want a clearer, more usable understanding of what SSM means in real industrial environments, and how to talk about it with confidence. About the Event This online event focuses on ISO/TS 15066: Speed and Separation Monitoring for Cobots, with an emphasis on turning a widely referenced technical concept into something you can actually apply. Rather than treating the standard as a dense document to decode alone, this session creates space to explore what SSM is intended to do, where it fits in collaborative robot deployments, and why it matters when humans and machines share workspaces. The format is virtual, which makes it easy to join from wherever you are while still engaging with a focused community interested in robotics and industrial automation. Expect a session that is grounded in the realities of cobot use, especially for people evaluating safety approaches, planning deployments, supporting integrators, or trying to bridge the gap between engineering, operations, and compliance. This is also a community-oriented event. That means the value is not only in the topic itself, but in hearing how others are thinking about the same challenges: balancing productivity, safety expectations, system design, and practical implementation constraints. What to Expect You can expect a structured discussion centered on the role of Speed and Separation Monitoring within collaborative robot applications. The session will likely be most useful if you want a clearer picture of how SSM is understood conceptually and how it affects design and deployment decisions. Topics this event is likely to explore include: What Speed and Separation Monitoring is and how it differs from other collaborative operation approaches How ISO/TS 15066 relates to cobot safety conversations in industrial settings Why separation distance, robot speed, and human presence matter together, not as isolated variables Common implementation questions teams run into when moving from theory to a real cell or workflow Practical interpretation challenges, especially for people working across technical and non-technical roles Because this is a virtual gathering, the experience is designed to be accessible and focused. You can join without travel, listen closely to a narrow but important topic, and use the session to sharpen your understanding in a relatively short amount of time. There is also a networking and community dimension built into the event. If you are looking to connect with others working in robotics, industrial robotics, and cobot deployment, this is a strong context for meeting people who care about the same technical questions you do. Why Attend For many teams, collaborative robotics moves faster than internal safety knowledge. You may already be involved in specifying systems, reviewing risks, planning layouts, or explaining cobot behavior to stakeholders, but still want a better grasp of how SSM fits into accepted frameworks. This event helps close that gap. Attending can help you: Build a more practical understanding of a key concept in collaborative robot safety Ask better questions when evaluating cobot applications, integrators, or deployment plans Communicate more clearly with colleagues in engineering, operations, EHS, quality, or management Spot assumptions early before they become design or implementation problems Strengthen your professional context by connecting with others focused on similar robotics issues This topic matters because SSM is not just a compliance phrase. It influences how workcells are designed, how people move around automation, how sensing and control strategies are discussed, and how organizations think about acceptable interaction between workers and machines. If your role sits anywhere near cobot selection, industrial robotics planning, safety review, application engineering, systems integration, or manufacturing operations, understanding this area better can save time and reduce confusion later. Practical Details Location: Online / virtual event Date: Monday, August 28 Time: 11:30 AM PDT Since the event is virtual, you can attend from your office, shop floor break area, lab, or home workspace. That makes it especially practical for busy professionals who want to stay current on robotics topics without blocking off half a day for travel. A few reasons the format works well for this subject: Easy access for distributed teams and remote attendees Focused learning on a technical topic without unnecessary production overhead Low-friction networking with people from the robotics and cobot community Useful midday timing for many West Coast attendees and teams coordinating across locations If ISO/TS 15066 has been on your reading list, in your project discussions, or in the background of your cobot planning work, this session gives you a timely reason to engage with it directly. Come ready to learn, compare perspectives, and leave with a sharper understanding of how Speed and Separation Monitoring fits into real-world collaborative robotics.
Who should attend
This is for people who want a more practical handle on cobot safety concepts, especially if **ISO/TS 15066** keeps coming up in your work and you want to understand how **Speed and Separation Monitoring** applies in real settings. - You work with **collaborative robots or industrial robotics systems** and want clearer language and context around human-robot interaction. - You are an **engineer, integrator, technical lead, or application specialist** who needs to think through how cobot safety approaches affect system design. - You support **manufacturing, operations, automation, or production teams** and want to better understand the safety logic behind shared workspaces. - You are involved in **risk assessment, EHS, compliance, quality, or safety reviews** and need a stronger working understanding of SSM in cobot conversations. - You evaluate or recommend **robotics solutions** and want to ask smarter questions when discussing deployment assumptions, sensing, separation distance, and operating speed. - You value **community and networking** with others in robotics who are working through similar technical and implementation questions. If you have enough exposure to cobots to know the topic matters, but want a more grounded understanding of how to interpret and discuss it, you will get a lot out of this session.