Ensuring the safety of the equipment, its environment and most importantly, the operator during robot operations is of paramount importance. Robots and complex robotic systems are appearing in more and more industrial and professional service applications. However, while mechanical components and control systems are advancing rapidly, the legislation background and standards framework for such systems and machinery are lagging behind. As part of a fundamental research work targeting industrial robots and industry 4.0 solutions for completely automated slaughtering, it was revealed that there are no particular standards addressing robotics systems applied to the agrifood domain. More specifically, within the agrifood sector, the only standards existing for the meat industry and the red meat sector are hygienic standards related to machinery. None of the identified standards or regulations consider the safety of autonomous robot operations or human robot collaborations in the abattoirs. The goal of this paper is to provide a general overview of the regulations and standards (and similar guiding documents) relevant for such applications, that could possibly be used as guidelines during the development of inherently safe robotic systems for abattoirs. Reviewing and summarizing the relevant standard and legislation landscape should also offer some instrumental help regarding the foreseen certification procedure of meat processing robots and robot cells for slaughterhouses in the near future.

翻译：确保设备、环境以及最重要的是操作员在机器人操作过程中的安全至关重要。机器人和复杂机器人系统正越来越多地出现在工业和专业服务应用中。然而，尽管机械部件和控制系统发展迅速，此类系统和机械的立法背景及标准框架却相对滞后。作为针对全自动屠宰的工业机器人和工业4.0解决方案的基础研究工作的一部分，我们发现目前尚无专门针对应用于农业食品领域的机器人系统的标准。更具体地说，在农业食品领域，针对肉类工业和红肉行业现存的标准仅为与机械相关的卫生标准。所确定的标准或法规均未考虑屠宰场中自主机器人操作或人机协作的安全性。本文旨在概述适用于此类应用的法规、标准（及类似指导性文件），这些文件可能作为开发屠宰场本质安全型机器人系统的指南。对相关标准和立法现状进行回顾与总结，也将为预见的肉类加工机器人及屠宰场机器人单元在不久的将来所面临的认证程序提供一些实质性帮助。