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Robotics lab · Level 7 of 8

Safety validation

Level 7 of 8 in the Robotics lab: a free robot programming exercise at Advanced level, which takes about 25 minutes. Prove that the gate, light curtain and both E-stops stop a running robot and need a reset. One of them has been tampered with.

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Free · no download · about 25 minutes. Your work is saved on this device. Updated 18 Oct 2026.

3D view of the Safety validation level in the Robotics lab
Safety validation

The brief

Client
Ravensworth Automotive
Site
Bracket welding cell 6
Work order
WO-RB-107
Task code
ROB-07
Difficulty
Advanced
Type of work
Safety

Prove that the gate, light curtain and both E-stops stop a running robot and need a reset. One of them has been tampered with.

Skills you practise

  • Proof testing guards
  • Stop categories
  • Reset and restart
  • Finding a bridged device

What the test checks

The acceptance test marks the skills this level practises.

  • Proof testing guards
  • Stop categories
  • Reset and restart
  • Finding a bridged device

In this lab

  • Teach pendant: jog, teach and run
  • Safety: guards, enabling device, safe start
  • A handshake between robot and PLC

Levels in the Robotics lab

Previous: Machine tendingNext: Fault finding

  1. Safe start
  2. Jog
  3. Teach and run
  4. Pick and place
  5. Palletising
  6. Machine tending
  7. Safety validation
  8. Fault finding

Part of the Robotics lab

Teach a robot arm a pick and place job and prove its handshake with the PLC.

About the Robotics lab

Feeds these internships: PLC Programming, Commissioning and Maintenance.