In recent years, China’s household service robot industry has developed rapidly, and the sale volume of household service robots has successively entered the top 10 rankings for online home appliance sales. The National Standardization Development Outline and Key Points of National Standardization in 2022 both require the development of urgently needed standards in the fields of intelligent robots and smart home appliances. In this context, the establishment of a standard system for home service robots has become a standardization hotspot.
GB/T 41527-2022 General safety requirements for household and similar service robots is an important standard for the general safety of service robots in the system.
Together with GB 4706.1 Household and similar electrical Appliances-Safety Part 1: General requirements, the standard stipulates the general condition of safety test, label and instruction, safety requirements and test methods for humidity resistance, leakage resistance, dielectric strength, stability and mechanical hazard, mechanical strength, structure and components etc., of household and similar service robots with a rated voltage not exceeding 250V.
The main contents of the standard include:
- In terms of labels and instructions, it regulates manufacturer and product information, operating environment description, and warning signs and instructions.
- In terms of stability and mechanical hazards, it regulates speed requirements for different types of robots to prevent the risk of collision; it also proposes requirements to prevent circumstances such as falls, loss of support, crush, etc.
- In terms of mechanical strength, it puts forward requirements for impact energy and requirements for different load conditions.
- In terms of structure, it proposes requirements for the shutdown of moving parts and user modifying critical safety parameters and functions.
GB/T 41527-2022 has come into force since 11 July 2022.
