Robotics digital goods · 2026-09-02

Atlas the regulator. Do not sell the robot.

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.

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.

Robotics Safety Atlas ROS 2 Protocol GET /api/robotics

Three objects

OEM

The robot

SSDF sells: Nothing

Notified body / NRTL / integrator's file

The safety filing

SSDF sells: Nothing

You

The packet

SSDF sells: A Passport over that file

Surfaces

The clerk

industrial

ISO 10218-1 / -2:2025

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.

ISO / TC 299. US: ANSI/RIA R15.06. EU: Machinery Regulation evidence.

GET /api/robotics/iso-10218

Collaborative applications

cobot

ISO/TS 15066 (absorbed)

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.

Was ISO/TS. Now lives inside 10218-2:2025.

GET /api/robotics/iso-15066

Driverless industrial trucks

amr

ISO 3691-4

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.

ISO. US cousin: ANSI/ITSDF B56.5 and ANSI/RIA R15.08.

GET /api/robotics/iso-3691-4

US national adoption

industrial

ANSI/RIA R15.06

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.

A3 / RIA. OSHA references consensus standards; OSHA does not issue 10218 certificates.

GET /api/robotics/ria-r15-06

NRTL listing

industrial

UL 1740

Robots and robotic equipment. A Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory listing in the United States. SSDF is not an NRTL and does not list equipment.

UL / other NRTLs.

GET /api/robotics/ul-1740

Service and personal care

service

UL 3300 / ISO 13482

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.

UL / ISO.

GET /api/robotics/ul-3300

Middleware, not a runtime SSDF hosts

middleware

ROS 2

Open Robotics distributions, rmw, ros2_control, REP-2000/2001. The protocol SKU is the distro table and the rmw map. This atlas places ROS 2 next to Isaac, ROS-Industrial, and the PLC.

Open Robotics / ROS PMC. Not ISO.

GET /api/robotics/ros2

GPU packages on ROS 2

middleware

NVIDIA Isaac

Isaac ROS is CUDA-accelerated packages that speak ROS 2. Isaac Sim is Omniverse simulation. Isaac Lab is learning. None of those are a replacement for 10218, and none are a SKU of motion SSDF will sell.

NVIDIA product. Not a regulator.

GET /api/robotics/isaac

Drivers and MoveIt for cells

middleware

ROS-Industrial

ROS-I Consortium. Vendor drivers, calibration, MoveIt planning for manipulators. Useful on a shop floor. Not a CE mark.

ROS-Industrial Consortium. Not ISO.

GET /api/robotics/ros-industrial

The cell still has a PLC

middleware

IEC 61131-3 / PLC

Ladder, FBD, ST, SFC. Codesys, TwinCAT, Rockwell. Safety I/O and e-stops still land here even when the arm speaks ROS. SSDF does not sell a PLC program.

IEC. Not Open Robotics.

GET /api/robotics/iec-61131

PLC ↔ MES, not vehicle ↔ fleet

middleware

OPC UA Robotics

Companion specification for robot data in an OPC UA address space. Different layer from VDA 5050 (MQTT to master control) and from ROS 2 (DDS/Zenoh graph).

OPC Foundation / VDMA.

GET /api/robotics/opc-ua

ROS 2 distros

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.

Distro	Ubuntu	LTS	EOL	Status
Humble Hawksbill	22.04	Yes	2027-05	supported
Jazzy Jalisco	24.04	Yes	2029-05	supported
Kilted Kaiju	24.04	No	2026-11	near-eol
Lyrical Luth	26.04	Yes	2031-05	recommended

eProsima

Fast DDS

Default rmw on many desktop images. DDS. Not a robot.

Eclipse

Cyclone DDS

Common alternative rmw. Still DDS. Swap is an rmw problem, not a VDA problem.

RTI

Connext

Commercial DDS. Shows up in certified-curious shops. SSDF does not resell a license.

ZettaScale / Eclipse

Zenoh (rmw_zenoh)

Not DDS. First-class rmw path on recent distros. Do not assume every Humble cell speaks it.

VDA 5050

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. Current text is 3.0.0, 2026-03. Transport: JSON objects over MQTT.

master control → vehicle

order

A mission. Nodes, edges, actions. Not a ROS 2 action server.

master control → vehicle

instantActions

Cancel, pause, factsheet request. Out of band from the current order.

vehicle → master control

state

Order status, position, loads, errors, battery. The heartbeat of the fleet.

vehicle → master control

visualization

Higher-rate pose for a dashboard. Not a safety channel.

vehicle → broker (retained + last will)

connection

ONLINE / OFFLINE / CONNECTION_BROKEN. v3 last-will contract. Not ROS discovery.

vehicle → master control

factsheet

Static vehicle identity and capabilities. Used so a mixed fleet does not guess.

SIL / PL methodology

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. This table is the public map. It is not a calculator. The notified body cites the clause.

ISO 13849	IEC 61508 / 62061	Note
PLa	—	Low contribution. Instruction and basic quality. Not a safety function SSDF will credential as PLd.
PLb	SIL 1	ISO 13849 PLb roughly aligns with IEC 62061 / IEC 61508 SIL 1. Methodology, not a calculator. The notified body cites the clause.
PLc	SIL 1	Common machinery interlocking. Still SIL 1 territory. Do not inflate a light curtain into PLe on a Passport.
PLd	SIL 2	Typical for robot-cell safety functions (safety-rated monitored stop, guarding). Integrator evidence, not SSDF.
PLe	SIL 3	Highest machinery PL. SIL 4 is process industry (IEC 61508) and is not a robot-cell SKU.

Generic SIL

IEC 61508

SIL 1–4. Process and generic E/E/PE. Robot cells rarely need SIL 4. SSDF does not issue a SIL certificate.

Machinery PL

ISO 13849-1

PLa–PLe for safety-related parts of control systems. The usual robot-cell language in ISO shops.

Machinery SIL

IEC 62061

SIL for machinery control systems. Sister to 13849. Pick one language per packet and stick to it.

Industrial cyber

IEC 62443

Not a SIL. Cybersecurity for industrial automation. Appears next to 10218:2025 on OEM OS claims. SSDF is not a 62443 CAB.

Hard rules

1. Atlas the regulator. Credential the packet. Do not sell the robot.
2. A cobot is an application, not a robot class. ISO 10218-2:2025 absorbed ISO/TS 15066.
3. VDA 5050 is vehicle↔fleet. ROS 2 is middleware. Do not mix the layers.
4. A Passport is not a CE mark, an NRTL listing, or a SIL certificate.
5. No hosted ROS, Isaac, or Gazebo. No firmware. No robot NFT.
6. Desk review of a packet you send is Custom Deliverable. Robotics File Review is held.
7. Not the ISO or VDA text. Those bodies sell the standard. This is a map of the public surface.

Files

$74

Robotics Safety Atlas

Open

$58

ROS 2 Protocol

Open

$58

VDA 5050 Protocol

Open

$68

Robot Middleware Atlas

Open

$54

Functional Safety Protocol

Open

Packet review is Custom Deliverable. Robotics File Review is held. Machine index: GET /api/robotics. SSDF does not sell the arm.