When AI Becomes the Safety System, Certification Changes
As AI takes over hazard detection and shutdown decisions on factory floors, buyers must certify the algorithm, not just the machine guard.
As AI takes over hazard detection and shutdown decisions on factory floors, buyers must certify the algorithm, not just the machine guard.
AI video analytics promises safer factory floors, but manufacturers must decide now whether its output is advisory or a safety control before a missed detection decides it for them.
Third-party functional safety certification, not vendor claims, is becoming the real capital gate for deploying autonomous robots on industrial floors without barriers.
Humanoid and mobile robots move cybersecurity into the safety case, but vendor certifications and point-in-time audits do not yet prove the case holds.