Manufacturing / Machine & Robot Interaction

Machine Safety, Robot Cells & Line-of-Fire

Guarding state, machine envelopes, robot-cell intrusion and vehicle–pedestrian conflict, measured per area, shift and line. A continuous visual machine-safety layer — positioned as monitoring and assurance, not a certified safety controller.

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Safety

Guarding state, machine envelopes, pinch points and line-of-fire exposure.

Security

Robot-cell intrusion, barrier crossing, safety-door state and restricted-zone entry.

Operational Intelligence

Near misses measured per area, shift, line and type as a leading indicator.

Guarding, envelopes and cell access, watched continuously

A live safety layer on top of the cameras already covering your cells, presses and traffic routes.

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Key use cases

What Fogsphere detects across guarding, robot cells and vehicle movement.

Safety Intelligence

Guarding state and bypass

Machine-envelope entry

Forklift and pedestrian conflict

Pinch points and crushing zones
Unsafe conveyor interaction
Unsafe jam-clearing
Worker inside equipment before restart
Crane exclusion zones and suspended loads
Reversing vehicles and blind intersections
Pedestrian-lane violations
Security Intelligence

Robot-cell intrusion

Safety-door state

Emergency-stop obstruction

Unauthorised cell access
Barrier crossing
Personnel remaining inside cells
Objects obstructing robotic areas
Operational Intelligence

Near-miss rate by area and shift

Machine-zone incursions

Repeat intrusion tracking

Worker conflicts with forklifts and AGVs
Vehicle near-collisions
Unsafe load interaction
Leading indicator ahead of recorded incidents
Machine safety & guarding

Guarding state and machine-envelope entry

Guards missing, open, removed or bypassed

Workers entering machine envelopes; hands or body in hazardous areas

Pinch-point, crushing-zone and rotating-machinery exposure

Unsafe conveyor interaction; reaching into operating machinery

Unsafe jam-clearing and unauthorised machine interaction

Worker remaining inside equipment before restart

Emergency-stop obstruction; unsafe access through barriers

Robots, cobots & automated cells

Cell intrusion, proximity and door state

Robot-cell intrusion, human–robot proximity and robotic-envelope entry

Unauthorised cell access, barrier crossing and safety-door state

Personnel remaining inside cells; objects obstructing robotic areas

Worker exposure during automated movement and unsafe intervention

Positioned as monitoring and assurance, not the certified safety controller

Line-of-fire & people/machine interaction

Forklifts, cranes and blind intersections

Forklift, AGV/AMR and vehicle conflicts with pedestrians

Crane exclusion zones, suspended loads and personnel beneath loads

Forklift mast hazards, reversing vehicles and blind-intersection conflicts

Unsafe vehicle manoeuvring and speed estimation

Pedestrian-lane and vehicle-only zone violations

Proximity to moving equipment and material-handling exclusion zones

Visual near-miss intelligence

Turning invisible risk into measurable data

Worker conflicts with forklifts and AGVs; machine-zone incursions

Unsafe load interaction; people under suspended loads

Vehicle near-collisions and unsafe intersections

Unsafe behaviour around conveyors; repeated restricted-zone intrusion

Measured per area, shift, line, type and time period

Near misses tracked as a leading indicator ahead of recorded incidents

Applications you’ll use

Application clusters behind this focus area

Machine & Equipment Safety

Robot cells, press lines, guarding state and energy isolation.

Vehicle & Traffic Movement

Forklifts, trucks, speed, routing and pedestrian-vehicle conflict.

Access Control & Restricted Zones

Who is authorised for this zone, this shift, this task.

Work at Height & Line of Fire

Edges, openings, scaffolds, suspended loads and dropped-object zones.

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People & Workforce Safety

Zone-specific PPE, ergonomics, work at height and 5S on the production floor.

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Machine & Robot Interaction

Guarding state, machine envelopes, robot cells and visual near-miss intelligence.

Production Flow & Cycle Time

Stoppages, bottlenecks, station dwell, changeover and standard-work conformance.

Quality & Error Proofing

Assembly verification, visual poka-yoke, surface defects, labels and packaging.

Material, Assets & Yard

Conveyors, intralogistics, material tracking, yard operations and asset condition.