ISO/PWI 22166-402

Robotics — Modularity for service robots — Part 402: Modules for exoskeleton robots ISO/PWI 22166-402

Scope

This document complies with the ISO 22166-1, ISO 22166-201 and FDIS 22166-202 family standards providing requirements and guidelines on specifications on modularity for service robots focusing on robot application sectors; and in this context the document presents requirements and guidelines for modularity of physical assistant robots (or wearable exoskeletons).

The document is targeted at the following user groups:
— modular exoskeleton robot framework developers who specify performance frameworks in an
unambiguous way;
— exoskeleton module designers and/or manufacturers who supply end users or exoskeleton system integrators;
— exoskeleton robot integrators who choose applicable modules for building a modular exoskeleton system.
This document includes guidelines on how to apply existing safety and security standards to exoskeleton robot modules.
This document is not a safety standard.
This document applies specifically to wearable exoskeleton robots, although the modularity principles presented in this document can be utilized by framework developers, module manufacturers, and module integrators from other fields not necessarily restricted to robotics.