"They can even ruin the industry": Russia accepts GOSTs for robots

According to Kivokurtsev, standards always improve the industry, but it is worth understanding the criteria for their creation: they

effective when the product or deviceis a mass market solution, meaning at least 1,000 units are produced per year. And, conversely, the effect can be negative if the industry is still being formed and produces less than 1,000 units of equipment per year.

In this case, he noted, the standards can evenruin the industry, because in emerging markets no one knows what options, features, and device features will be in demand, and their premature standardization can limit the emergence of correct irrational options.

According to the head of Rosstandart Anton Shalaev,Today, the standards fund contains documents that define the compatibility requirements for various automated “smart home” objects, for example, robotic vacuum cleaners, or robots created to maintain safety in public places. He noted that Russian experts who are involved in the creation of robots and robotic systems are actively involved in the discussion and preparation of standards at the international level.

Kivokurtsev added that todayare restrictions in the field of electrical safety, personal data safety, chemical safety, mechanical safety. Decisions in the field of ethics, detailed standardization of units, elements and other parameters of the device can be controversial.

Most European and AmericanGOST is a continuation of the concept of standards for household devices. They regulate electrical safety, chemical and mechanical safety, as well as personal data. There are no serious standards for robotics today; all solutions are point solutions.

Oleg Kivokurtsev, founder of Promobot

In 2020, Russia adopted a separate program for the standardization of robotics, numbering more than 200 documents that must be adopted within the next five years.

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