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B1 · Proof · Robot cell Sensor simulated

The safety zone is not a drawing.
It is a calculation.

ISO 13855:2024 derives the minimum distance from response time, approach speed and sensor geometry. The cell demonstrates it on video — every millimeter cites its standard.

ISO 13849 13855:2024 IEC 61496 ISO 13857 running stable
The case

Prove the safety zone — without sampling.

The problem

Safety-zone evidence today is manual work: dimensions from drawings, spot checks at the cell, a report written afterwards. Meanwhile the trend moves toward fenceless, collaborative cells: without a guard fence, sensing and SSM carry the safety function alone — and every change to the cell needs the evidence again.

What Viprove does

Measure the scene, calculate S_min per ISO 13855:2024, run the SIL test in the twin — the protocol writes itself while the run is in progress.

The result

The arm stops before the zone. Protocol #0117 is sealed, every millimetre carries a standard reference.

Why it's better

Reproducible instead of sampled: same setup, same result — and traceable down to the standards chain in any audit. Collaborative cells per ISO/TS 15066: SSM is one of the four collaboration methods — here calculated per ISO 13855:2024 and proven in the SIL test.

Recording & measurement · ISO 13855:2024

The protocol writes itself during the SIL test.

No report written afterwards. While the test runner executes the script, the protocol writes itself — every step timestamped, every value checked against the standard: scan, geometry, S_min, sensor verification, sealing. Time-synchronized with the recording, restarted on every loop.

▸ d = 520 mm → zone holds · ESPE type 3 · IEC 61496-3-3

EXHIBIT B1 · SIL TEST · MEASUREMENT ISO 13855:2024 6-AXIS · 3D-TOF
Recording · arm static Live sim · arm in motion ↗
S = (K×T)+DDS+Z d = — mm MEASUREMENT
The instrument · SSM minimum distance

520 millimeters — computed, not guessed.

Move the controls: every value flows from a clause of ISO 13855:2024 — K and T for approach and response, DDS for reach, Z for measurement uncertainty. The cell's values are one preset among many.

The terms — straight from the standard
K2000 mm/s upper limbs · 1600 mm/s walking · K=2000 and S>500 → K=1600, but S≥500
TT_SRP/CS + T_ME + T_F · tolerance factor T_F is new in 2024
DDSMaximum of reach allowances (e.g. 8·(d−14) for a light curtain)
ZNew in 2024 as an explicit term — especially relevant for optical 3D sensors
S_MNew in 2024 · when the hazard point moves (robot arm in motion)
≥100S must always be ≥ 100 mm — even if the calculation yields less
Calculated minimum distance
520 mm
S ≥ 100 mm · if K=2000 and S>500 → K=1600, but S ≥ 500
K × T440 mm
DDS120 mm
Z60 mm
S (total)520 mm
Backstage · standards graph

Where the numbers come from.

No value stands alone: the graph shows which standard feeds which parameter into 13855 — and what changed with the 2010 → 2024 edition. Traversing a node is tracing the calculation back through the standards chain.

Changed 2010 → 2024 · C split into DDS + Z · T_F new · S_M new · vertical ESPE limits new

Draws from
Type A · basicType B · methodsType C · machineryProduct standard
ISO 13855:2010 → ISO 13855:2024

What changed — and what didn't.

S = K·T + C S = (K×T) + DDS + Z Allowance C split into DDS (reach) + Z (application)
T = T₁+T₂+T₃ T = T_SRP/CS + T_ME + T_F Tolerance factor T_F now explicit
— + S_M Dynamic approach (hazard point moves) is new
— vertical ESPE limits New rules for vertical 3D area sensors
C = 8·(d−14) DDS = max(reach allowances) Light-curtain formula absorbed into DDS, structured more finely
K = 2000/1600 K = 2000/1600 + S≥500 rule K unchanged, but the S>500 rule now explicit
Robot arm in a white test hall
SIL twin · interactive · GLB
SIL twin · the same cell

The same cell — with the arm in motion.

The video shows the SIL test with the arm at rest. The SIL simulation moves the arm: safety zones, stopping behaviour, SSM verification — as a digital twin in your browser.

Open the SIL simulation →
Sealed proofs

On record, not just claimed.

The zone is not only measured on video — it is tested and sealed. The demo and the full test report are public.

EVIDENCE PACKAGE · ZIP PDF + HTML + JSON seal + gap chain + featured-run video (CamFollow & WP4 Smoke) — the package the report requires for a notified body. download ↓
ZONE ENTRY · SIL DEMO 30 s zone-entry detection demonstration (SIL live demo) — the same arrangement as exhibit B1. play ↗
SIL TEST REPORT The complete, sealed test report for the zone-entry demonstration — the protocol behind the video. open ↗
Wired up · senses of the twin

Every measurement becomes a node.

Viprove Graph · View: safety zone Sensor simulated

Reads

3D-ToF point cloud · distances to the zone boundary · from recording (sensor sim)

Transforms

Zone node + S_min edge · S=(K×T)+DDS+Z as an executable rule (ViFACTS!)

Writes back

Sealed protocol #0117 · measurement bar · verdict: SIL run approved

Honest status.

What runs, what is simulated, what is still unproven — as of 2026-07-30.

Runs Video proof, SSM calculation per ISO 13855:2024, sealed protocol — stably reproducible.
Simulated 3D-ToF sensor: point cloud from a recording, not a live measurement. Replacing it with real hardware is the next step.
Unproven Measurement campaign with a real sensor · PLr assessment per ISO 13849 · verification of the full cell documentation.