ISO 10218-1: Safety-Related Control System Performance (PL/SIL)
- Date
- 2026-08-16
- Location
- Online
- Host
- ISO 10218 (Functional Safety)
About this event
If you work with industrial robots, safety validation, or machine control architecture, understanding ISO 10218-1 and the performance of safety-related control systems is not optional. This virtual session is designed to help you get clear on how PL and SIL fit into the real safety expectations around robot systems, so you can make better engineering, compliance, and risk-reduction decisions. About the Event This online event focuses on ISO 10218-1: Safety-Related Control System Performance (PL/SIL) in a format that is practical, discussion-friendly, and useful for people who need more than a surface-level definition. Rather than treating the standard as abstract theory, the session centers on what these requirements mean when you are reviewing, specifying, integrating, or assessing robot-related safety functions. The topic matters because safety-related control systems sit at the intersection of design intent, risk assessment, hardware and software behavior, and compliance expectations. Many teams know the terms Performance Level (PL) and Safety Integrity Level (SIL), but still run into uncertainty when deciding how they apply within an industrial robotics context. This event creates space to make those concepts easier to interpret and talk through. As a virtual gathering, the format is well suited to people joining from different locations who want focused learning without travel. Expect a professional but approachable environment where attendees can follow the topic in a structured way and leave with a stronger working understanding of the subject. What to Expect The session will likely move through the subject in a way that builds from core concepts to application. That means starting with the role of ISO 10218-1 in robot safety, then connecting that framework to how safety-related control system performance is evaluated and communicated. You can expect attention on topics such as: What ISO 10218-1 is addressing within the broader robot safety landscape How PL and SIL are used to express safety performance expectations Where teams get tripped up when interpreting requirements for safety functions How safety performance connects to risk reduction, system architecture, and validation thinking What questions to ask when reviewing a robotic system or control design Because this is also tagged as a community, networking, meetup, social, and gathering event, there is a strong chance the experience will include more than one-way presentation. Expect a setting where people with related responsibilities and interests can compare perspectives, raise practical questions, and learn how others are thinking about the same challenges. For many attendees, one of the most useful parts of a session like this is hearing the language and framing that others use when discussing safety requirements internally. Whether you are communicating with engineers, safety specialists, managers, or customers, that shared vocabulary can make a technical topic far easier to handle. Why Attend If PL and SIL have ever felt familiar in theory but harder to apply in real projects, this event is worth your time. The value is not just in hearing definitions, but in strengthening your ability to interpret the standard in context and connect it to actual decision-making around robotic systems. Attending can help you: Build confidence when discussing safety-related control system performance Improve your understanding of how ISO 10218-1 frames these requirements Ask better technical and compliance questions during design reviews or project planning Reduce ambiguity when working across engineering, safety, and operations teams Learn from peer perspectives in a live virtual setting This is especially useful if your work sits between disciplines. Safety topics often become difficult not because the words are unknown, but because each stakeholder interprets them through a different lens. A focused event like this helps close that gap by making the topic easier to translate across roles. Even if you already work with standards regularly, a dedicated discussion on this subject can sharpen your thinking. Standards-based work rewards precision, and small misunderstandings around safety performance concepts can have large downstream effects on design choices, validation effort, and project timelines. Practical Details This is an online / virtual event, which makes it easy to attend from wherever you are without the logistics of travel. You can join the session remotely and take part in a focused discussion around a topic that is highly relevant to robotics, machine safety, and control system performance. The event takes place on Sunday, August 16 at 4:30 PM PDT. If you are joining from another time zone, it is worth converting the start time in advance so you can arrive on time and settle in before the discussion begins. A few practical ways to get the most from the session: Come with a current question or use case related to robot safety or control system design Have basic familiarity with machine safety terms if possible, though the event should still be useful if you are building that foundation Be ready to take notes on terminology, interpretations, and follow-up questions for your own projects Use the virtual format to engage with others in the community if discussion or networking time is available If ISO 10218-1, PL, and SIL are relevant to your work now or likely to become relevant soon, this event offers a timely way to get more grounded in the topic and connect with others who care about getting safety right.
Who should attend
This is for people who need a clearer, more practical handle on how **ISO 10218-1** connects to **PL/SIL** in real robotics and machine safety work. - You work with **industrial robots, robot cells, or automated systems** and want to better understand what safety-related control system performance means in practice. - You are a **controls engineer, robotics engineer, systems integrator, or machine builder** who needs to interpret safety requirements more confidently during design or integration. - You support **machine safety, risk assessment, validation, or compliance** and want a stronger framework for discussing PL and SIL with technical teams. - You are involved in **specifying, reviewing, or approving safety functions** and need clearer questions to ask when evaluating architectures or performance expectations. - You collaborate across teams and want language that helps you **translate safety requirements** between engineering, operations, and decision-makers. - You are still building your knowledge and want a **focused virtual session with community discussion**, rather than trying to piece the topic together alone from documents and fragmented references.