What is Collaborative Safety and Safety 2.0?
Collaborative safety is a safety concept in which people, things, and the environment work together to ensure safety by sharing information. Safety 2.0 is a technical measure for collaborative safety that uses information and communication technology (ICT) to ensure safety among people, things, and the environment by sharing information.
In terms of the relationship between people and things (machines), safety based on human attention is Safety 0.0, safety that separates people and machines is Safety 1.0, and safety based on information sharing is Safety 2.0. The differences between each are shown below.
Human Safety
Safety 0.0
Individual safety for humans and machines
Safety 1.0
Safety through human-machine cooperation
Safety 2.0
In Safety 0.0, the initial approach to safety, safety was ensured by human attention and judgment. However, this method poses high risks in the area of machines and in the area where humans and machines coexist. In Safety 1.0, the next step, safety measures are applied to machines to reduce the risk of the machines themselves, while isolating humans and machines, that is, eliminating the area where humans and machines coexist, thereby raising the level of safety. However, recently, the number of work sites where humans and machines (robots, etc.) coexist to increase productivity is increasing, and on-site capabilities are declining due to a decrease in skilled workers, making it difficult to respond with Safety 1.0 efforts. The new Safety 2.0 covers this. By coordinating people, things, and the environment, it is possible to maintain high safety not only in the areas of humans and machines, but also in the areas where they coexist.
Safety through collaborative safety using Safety 2.0 can be applied to a wide range of areas, including not only the manufacturing sector, but also the safety of moving objects in logistics systems and traffic, safety of civil engineering and construction machinery, work safety, safety of agricultural machinery, safety of people in the medical and nursing care sector, and safety in response to changes in the state of social infrastructure. (From the report on the results of the FY30 "Feasibility Study for Proposing International Standardization of Collaborative Safety" commissioned by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.)