This event describes the current and ongoing activities to advance robot development by formulating urgently needed international standards for robots as new use case scenarios emerge from the industrial roots into medical, non-medical and other applications.

This event is free of charge, but registration is required.  After registering your place, you will receive an email that contains login details to join the online event.

Robots are rapidly moving beyond traditional industrial settings and increasingly operating in homes, public spaces, and medical environments. As these technologies become more integrated into everyday life, ensuring their safe and responsible deployment has never been more important. But with rapid development, how can we ensure safety is appropriately considered?

This webinar will explore the international efforts underway to develop the safety, performance, and interoperability standards needed to support the next generation of service and medical robots. Drawing on two decades of global standardisation work, speakers will outline how robotics standards have evolved – from early industrial guidance to today’s emerging frameworks for personal care robots, mobile platforms, wearable systems, and robotically assisted medical devices.

Attendees will gain insight into the latest developments across International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) committees, including key standards such as ISO 13482 for personal care robots and newly established guidance for autonomous medical equipment and surgical or rehabilitation robots. The session will also highlight ongoing revisions to expand these standards for a wider range of service robotics applications as the sector continues to grow.

Programme*

Time

Programme

12.00pm

Welcome remarks

Dr Natasha McCarthy, Associate Director, Policy, Royal Academy of Engineering

12.04pm

Presentation

Professor Mohammed Osman Tokhi, Professor of Robotics and Control, London South Bank University, UK

12.12pm

Presentation

Professor Gurvinder Singh Virk, Managing Director at Endoenergy Systems – India/UK

12.21pm

Panel discussion followed by Q&A

Chaired by: Dr Natasha McCarthy, Associate Director, Policy, Royal Academy of Engineering

• Dr Sarah Fletcher, Principal Research Fellow in the Centre for Robotics and Assembly, Cranfield University, UK
• Professor Seungbin Moon, Professor at the Department of Computer Engineering at Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea
• Philip Lance, Senior Human Factors Engineer in media devices – UK
• Jason Wang, Founder of China Sci-tech Automation Alliance (CSAA) – China

12.58pm

Closing remarks

Dr Natasha McCarthy, Associate Director, Policy, Royal Academy of Engineering

1.00pm

Webinar ends

* Programme is subject to change

What the session will cover

• The trajectory of international robotics standardisation over the past two decades.
• Practical considerations for applying safety and performance requirements across non‑medical and medical contexts, including interoperability between systems.