While the AI boom has made robots significantly more capable, the accompanying safety infrastructure has struggled to keep pace.
Traditional 2D laser scanners, which are widely used to define safety perimeters for most mobile robotic systems, are unable to detect people and obstacles above or below a single plane.
“The bottleneck to safe human-robot coexistence isn’t intelligence or speed,” said Knut Sandven, CEO of Sonair. “It’s safe perception; knowing reliably under any condition, that a human is nearby.
This milestone certification is the first time a 3D sensor has been independently verified to meet that bar using sound instead of light – a new sensing modality that complements cameras where they fall short.” [Read more…] about Sonair unveils ‘world’s first’ safety-certified 3D ultrasonic sensor for human-robot collaboration