{"asOf":"2026-09-02","merchant":"SSDF INC","disclaimer":"SSDF maps industrial-robot, AMR, ROS 2, VDA 5050, and functional-safety surfaces. SSDF does not sell robots, firmware, CE marks, NRTL listings, SIL certificates, or a hosted ROS / Isaac / Gazebo runtime.","live":{"human":"/robotics","index":"/api/robotics"},"objects":[{"object":"The robot","holder":"OEM","sells":"Nothing"},{"object":"The safety filing","holder":"Notified body / NRTL / integrator's file","sells":"Nothing"},{"object":"The packet","holder":"You","sells":"A Passport over that file"}],"hardRules":["Atlas the regulator. Credential the packet. Do not sell the robot.","A cobot is an application, not a robot class. ISO 10218-2:2025 absorbed ISO/TS 15066.","VDA 5050 is vehicle↔fleet. ROS 2 is middleware. Do not mix the layers.","A Passport is not a CE mark, an NRTL listing, or a SIL certificate.","No hosted ROS, Isaac, or Gazebo. No firmware. No robot NFT.","Desk review of a packet you send is Custom Deliverable. Robotics File Review is held.","Not the ISO or VDA text. Those bodies sell the standard. This is a map of the public surface."],"safety":[{"id":"iso-10218","kind":"industrial","title":"ISO 10218-1 / -2:2025","kicker":"The clerk","body":"Third edition, published February 2025. Part 1 is the robot as partly completed machinery. Part 2 is the application and the cell. National adoption is shaping new installs from January 2027. SSDF does not certify cells."},{"id":"iso-15066","kind":"cobot","title":"ISO/TS 15066 (absorbed)","kicker":"Collaborative applications","body":"2016 technical specification for power-and-force limiting. ISO 10218-2:2025 incorporated most of it. Force and pressure limits did not change; the compliance frame is now binding for anyone claiming PFL, not advisory."},{"id":"iso-3691-4","kind":"amr","title":"ISO 3691-4","kicker":"Driverless industrial trucks","body":"Safety requirements for driverless industrial trucks and their systems — the AMR/AGV safety clerk, not VDA 5050. VDA is the fleet conversation. 3691-4 is whether the vehicle is allowed on the floor."},{"id":"ria-r15-06","kind":"industrial","title":"ANSI/RIA R15.06","kicker":"US national adoption","body":"US industrial-robot safety. Tracks ISO 10218. The 2025 ISO revision is the event; national adoption lags. Confirm the edition on the cell you are buying, not the edition on this atlas."},{"id":"ul-1740","kind":"industrial","title":"UL 1740","kicker":"NRTL listing","body":"Robots and robotic equipment. A Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory listing in the United States. SSDF is not an NRTL and does not list equipment."},{"id":"ul-3300","kind":"service","title":"UL 3300 / ISO 13482","kicker":"Service and personal care","body":"UL 3300 covers service and companion robots. ISO 13482 covers personal-care robots. Neither is 10218. A vacuum that follows you home is not an industrial cell."}],"ros2":[{"id":"humble","name":"Humble Hawksbill","ubuntu":"22.04","lts":true,"eol":"2027-05","status":"supported"},{"id":"jazzy","name":"Jazzy Jalisco","ubuntu":"24.04","lts":true,"eol":"2029-05","status":"supported"},{"id":"kilted","name":"Kilted Kaiju","ubuntu":"24.04","lts":false,"eol":"2026-11","status":"near-eol"},{"id":"lyrical","name":"Lyrical Luth","ubuntu":"26.04","lts":true,"eol":"2031-05","status":"recommended"}],"vda":{"version":"3.0.0","published":"2026-03","transport":"JSON objects over MQTT","topics":["order","instantActions","state","visualization","connection","factsheet"]},"middleware":[{"id":"ros2","title":"ROS 2","kicker":"Middleware, not a runtime SSDF hosts"},{"id":"isaac","title":"NVIDIA Isaac","kicker":"GPU packages on ROS 2"},{"id":"ros-industrial","title":"ROS-Industrial","kicker":"Drivers and MoveIt for cells"},{"id":"iec-61131","title":"IEC 61131-3 / PLC","kicker":"The cell still has a PLC"},{"id":"opc-ua","title":"OPC UA Robotics","kicker":"PLC ↔ MES, not vehicle ↔ fleet"}],"silPl":[{"pl":"PLa","sil":"—"},{"pl":"PLb","sil":"SIL 1"},{"pl":"PLc","sil":"SIL 1"},{"pl":"PLd","sil":"SIL 2"},{"pl":"PLe","sil":"SIL 3"}],"skus":["ssdf-robotics-safety-atlas","ssdf-ros2-protocol","ssdf-vda-5050-protocol","ssdf-robot-middleware-atlas","ssdf-functional-safety-protocol"],"desk":"ssdf-custom-deliverable","doctrine":{"surface":"ISO 10218:2025 is the clerk for the industrial cell. VDA 5050 is vehicle↔fleet. ROS 2 is middleware. A Passport is a license over a packet. None of those are the robot.","filter":"Atlas the regulator. Credential the packet. Do not sell the arm, the firmware, the CE mark, or a hosted graph. That is the title-file rule in a different industry. No sister workbench. Desk review of a packet you send is Custom Deliverable.","ros2":"Humble is the installed base. Jazzy holds 24.04. Kilted is near-EOL (Nov 2026). Lyrical Luth (22 May 2026, Ubuntu 26.04) is the greenfield LTS through May 2031. rmw is Fast DDS, Cyclone, Connext, or Zenoh — not VDA 5050.","vda":"VDA 5050 v3.0.0 (March 2026) is JSON over MQTT between an AMR/AGV and master control. ISO 3691-4 is whether the vehicle is allowed on the floor. Do not mix the layers.","sil":"ISO 13849 PLa–PLe. IEC 61508 / 62061 SIL. Public alignment is methodology. SIL 4 is not a robot-cell SKU. A Passport does not attest PLr.","cobot":"A cobot is an application, not a robot class. ISO 10218-2:2025 absorbed ISO/TS 15066. Force and pressure limits did not change; the compliance frame is now binding for PFL."}}