Making Humanoid Robots Safe - Florian Weißhardt - Synapticon: GmbH

Title Making Humanoid Robots Safe - Advances in Humanoid Robot Safety Speaker Florian Weißhardt Head of Synapticon Intelligence Business Unit Synapticon: GmbH Abstract Recent advances in AI and embedded computing are accelerating the application of humanoid robots in complex environments. Unlike statically stable wheeled platforms, humanoids are dynamically stable, requiring continuous active control to maintain balance and prevent falls. This inherent instability presents a critical challenge for functional safety, particularly in collaborative settings. This presentation will introduce Synapticon's POSITRON platform, a comprehensive solution engineered to address these safety-critical demands. We will explore how its integrated hardware and software enable robust, certifiable safety functions that meet the highest industrial standards, providing key insights into making the next generation of humanoid robots safe for real-world deployment. Summary 00:00 introduction 00:25 Humanoids: safety as key enabler 02:35 Humanoid risk analysis 07:15 Safety is redundancy, is monitoring 12:29 Robotics functional safety evolution 14:07 Synapticn: the safe reference: Positron + Somanet 17:00 Positron for humanoid safety 19:15 Positron behavioral safety 21:06 Synapticon robot control + safety architecture 21:43 Questions Event ROS-Industrial Conference Europe 2025 https://rosindustrial.org/events/2025... Organized by ROS-Industrial Europe In cooperation with Fraunhofer IPA and Université de Strasbourg