Safety & Reliability

Industrial-grade safety features for 24/7 robot operation. Emergency stop, health monitoring, and OTA updates with automatic rollback.

v1.0.0 Industry Standard Features

Health Monitor Health Monitor

  • Component Health Tracking24/7
  • Auto-RecoveryEnabled
  • Watchdog TimerConfigurable
  • System DiagnosticsCPU/GPU/Mem

Safety Controller Safety Controller

  • Emergency Stop (E-STOP)Enabled
  • Safe Velocity Limits0-1.0 m/s
  • Min Distance0.3m default
  • Collision AvoidanceAuto

OTA Updates OTA Updates

  • Model UpdatesAutomatic
  • Rollback on FailureEnabled
  • Version CheckingEnabled
  • Safe VerificationEnabled

Quick Start

bash
# Enable all safety features (v1.0.0)
python src/main.py --safety --health-monitor --ota-update

# Configure safety parameters
python src/main.py --safety --max-velocity 0.5 --min-distance 0.5

# Health monitoring only
python src/main.py --health-monitor

Health Monitor

The HealthMonitor class provides 24/7 operation with automatic failure recovery.

Features

Architecture

Camera Detector Depth MediaPipe HealthMonitor

CLI Options

OptionDescriptionDefault
--health-monitorEnable health monitoringfalse
--watchdog-timeoutSeconds before watchdog triggers30
--auto-recoveryAuto-restart failed componentstrue

Safety Controller

Industrial safety features including emergency stop, velocity limits, and collision avoidance.

Features

Safety Zones

ROBOT DANGER ZONE (<0.3m) WARNING ZONE (<0.5m) SAFE ZONE (>0.5m)

CLI Options

OptionDescriptionDefault
--safetyEnable safety controllerfalse
--max-velocityMax velocity in m/s1.0
--min-distanceMin obstacle distance in meters0.3
--e-stopEnable emergency stoptrue

Example Configuration

yaml
safety:
  enabled: true
  max_velocity: 0.5  # m/s - slower for safety
  min_distance: 0.5  # meters
  e_stop_enabled: true
  slowdown_factor: 0.5  # reduce speed by 50% in warning zone

health_monitor:
  enabled: true
  watchdog_timeout: 30  # seconds
  auto_recovery: true
  heartbeat_interval: 5  # seconds

OTA Updates

Over-the-air model updates with automatic rollback on failure.

Features

Update Flow

Check Version
Download
Verify
Deploy
Monitor

CLI Options

OptionDescriptionDefault
--ota-updateEnable OTA updatesfalse
--ota-check-intervalHours between version checks24
--auto-rollbackAuto-rollback on failuretrue
--update-urlCustom update server URLdefault

Performance Stats

24/7
Continuous Operation
<100ms
Safety Response Time
99.9%
Uptime Target
30s
Watchdog Timeout

Common Configurations

Development / Testing

bash
python src/main.py --health-monitor --safety

Production Deployment

bash
python src/main.py --safety --health-monitor --ota-update \
  --max-velocity 0.5 --min-distance 0.5

Maximum Safety

bash
python src/main.py --safety --health-monitor --ota-update \
  --max-velocity 0.3 --min-distance 0.8 --watchdog-timeout 15

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