Dave Smith

Cobot Safety Owner and Lead Trainer

Cobot Safety

Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP)
TUV Functional Safety Tech
Extensive experience & expertise in the area of machine safeguarding, risk assessment, control of hazardous energy and industrial robot safety
32 years practical experience in the automotive industry

Long standing, technical committee member of the following National and International safety standards.

Canadian Standards Association (CSA)

Z432 Safeguarding of Machinery
Z434 Industrial Robots and Robot Systems —General Safety Requirements
Z460 Lockout and Other Control Methods

International Standards Organization (ISO)

 ISO 10218 : 2011 Robots for industrial environments —Safety requirements- Parts 1 and 2
 ISO TS 15066-2016 10218 : Robots and robotic devices – Collaborative Robots

Working with machines: risk, prevention, and safety with cobots and automation

Working with machines presents opportunities for safely improving productivity. New, collaborative applications bring worker and robot into closer proximity, introducing a host of new benefits— and potential hazards.