A system and a method for executing a work process on an object. The system includes at least one work station, an acquisition device, a control device and an auditor device.

A control system for controlling an apparatus or installation, wherein at least one first safety function controls the apparatus or installation, where the control system includes a first safety-oriented control device that is configured to perform the at least one first safety function, where the first safety-oriented control device is also configured as a first safety-oriented control application that is implemented in a cloud, and where the first safety oriented control application and the apparatus or installation are communicatively coupled via a first safety-oriented communication connection.

A method for controlling a safety-critical process of a technical installation includes providing a first safe signaling unit and a second safe signaling unit that are connected to the safety-critical process via I/O channels. The method includes connecting the first safe signaling unit and the second safe signaling unit via a physical connection. The method includes implementing a safety-related communication protocol for failsafe data exchange on a logical level over the physical connection between the first signaling unit and the second signaling unit. The method includes exchanging data between the first safe signaling unit and the second safe signaling unit in a failsafe manner using the safety-related communication protocol to control the safety-critical process. The physical connection is implemented via a power supply network.

A computer-implemented method for determining automatically a machine safety and/or a product quality of a flexible cyber-physical production system with a configuration adaptable during a production process including production steps executed by machines forming equipment of a physical factory of the cyber-physical production system to produce a product according to a product recipe, wherein the machine safety and/or product quality are calculated during runtime of the flexible cyber-physical production system by processing a meta-model of the flexible cyber-physical production system stored in a computer readable storage medium, is provided.

A control device for controlling a technical installation includes a guard module. The control device has a modular structure with an input module, which receives an input signal representing a state of the technical installation, and an output module, which outputs an output signal controlling the technical installation based on the input signal. A guard module is integrated into the modular structure to monitor operability of the input module and the output module. The guard module confirms the output signal of the output module based on its monitoring of the input module and the output module. Within the modular structure, the input module and the output module form a first potential group. The guard module forms a second potential group within in the modular structure. The second potential group is independent of the first potential group.

A method for controlling a robot arrangement having at least one robot includes monitoring the robot arrangement using multiple safety monitoring functions activated in parallel, and steps, which may be repeated multiple times during execution of an application of the robot arrangement, of: selecting a subset of process parameters from a prescribed set of process parameters on the basis of a prescribed rule arrangement having at least one selection rule, and adjusting this selected subset of process parameters to avoid violation of at least one of the safety monitoring functions.

Systems and methods for safety-enabled control. Input values provided to a control system can be validated. Command gating can be performed for control values provided by the control system. Validation of input values and command gating for control values can be performed in accordance with respective validation windows. Validation windows can be dynamically adjusted based on data received via a sensor or interface.

Systems and methods for continuously monitoring a workcell during operation of industrial machinery are disclosed. The system may comprise a safety system that includes at least one sensor and supporting software and/or hardware for acquiring image data associated with the workcell; a monitoring system for detecting a parameter value associated with the safety system; and a controller configured to determine a status of the safety system based at least in part on the detected parameter value and cause an alert to be issued if the status of the safety system does not satisfy a target objective.

Systems and methods are described for identifying and reducing workplace safety risks using computer vision, lidar, and machine learning. Sensor information is transferred to an AI server that identifies people, objects, powered industrial vehicles and other items of interest along with their locations over time. This information is gathered to identify infrequent but dangerous situations that may lead to serious and fatal accidents, such forklift collisions with human workers. This data may be used, for example, to identify near miss situations and allow safety personnel to institute risk mitigation measures, and/or to train an AI/ML model to predict the travel paths of moving objects in real time and warn workers of impending potential collisions and other dangerous situations.

A construction site safety management apparatus which is wirelessly communicatively connected with a positioning device or a distance measuring device, the apparatus including a recognition unit for appropriately recognizing respectively mutual positions among the one or more construction machines and, the installation objects or the workers, based on positional information transmitted from the positioning devices and/or distance information transmitted from the distance measuring devices, and a judgement unit for judging mutual proximity among the one or more construction machine and, the installation objects or the workers, based on roles of the installation object and/or the workers preliminarily set for the said one or more of the construction machines, while searching said recognized mutual positions among the one or more construction machine and, the installation objects or the workers, thereby performing centralized control of safety of the construction site.