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Documentation Index

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Compliance Patterns

A compliance pattern is an opinionated, end-to-end workflow for a specific certification or audit scenario. It walks from project setup through evidence handoff and tells you, at each step, what to pin, what to derive, what to test, and what to package. Patterns are not the only way to use Roboticks. They are recipes — common, well-worn paths that get most teams from a green-field project to a defensible audit posture without re-deriving the same architecture every time.
Roboticks is audit-readiness tooling, not a certified toolchain. We assemble the evidence your notified body, certification body, or QA process ingests. We do not replace tool qualification (DO-178C, ISO 26262-8 TCL) and we do not issue conformity assessments. Verify the regulatory interpretations on this page against the standard text and your accredited assessor.

How to choose a pattern

Pick the pattern that matches your product class and your conformance target:
If you are building…And targeting…Start here
Industrial robot (arm, controller, firmware)ISO 10218-1:2025 conformity under EU MR 2023/1230Industrial robot — ISO 10218-1:2025
Collaborative robot (cobot) or cobot cellISO/TS 15066 + ISO 10218 under EU MR 2023/1230Cobot — ISO/TS 15066
Autonomous mobile robot (AMR / AGV)ISO 3691-4 under EU MR 2023/1230AMR — ISO 3691-4
AMR for the US marketANSI/RIA R15.08AMR pattern (R15.08 dual-claim variant)
Self-propelled machinery for EU marketEU MR 2023/1230 self-propelledEU MR 2023/1230 conformity
A product already shipped, standard has amendedRe-conformityRe-conformity on amendment
No external certification targetInternal QA release gateInternal release gate
If your scenario is none of these, the closest pattern is a good starting point; deviate as needed.

The matrix

Patterns × standards. A ● indicates the standard is central to the pattern; an ○ indicates the standard typically appears as a cross-reference.
ISO 10218ISO/TS 15066ISO 3691-4EU MR 2023/1230ISO 12100ISO 13849IEC 62061IEC 61496EU AI Act
Industrial robot
Cobot
AMR
EU MR conformity
Re-conformityany pinned
Internal release gateany pinned

Patterns that cross-cut

Two patterns apply to every project regardless of the primary certification scenario:

Change-impact workflow

Which requirements does this PR touch? Run it on every PR.

Traceability audit prep

Pre-audit checklist. Run it the week before the auditor arrives.

What a pattern delivers

Every pattern page has the same structure:
  1. Scenario — who this is for, what conformance target it addresses.
  2. Prerequisites — what risk assessment, what supplier certifications, what off-platform documentation is assumed.
  3. Project setup — pinning, requirement ingest source, repository layout.
  4. Derivation — which clauses to derive requirements from, structure for the requirements.
  5. Test patterns — recommended @confirms, @deadline, fault-injection, and parameterised-scenario approaches.
  6. Release — cutting the release, verification, evidence pack generation.
  7. Handoff — packaging for the notified body or internal reviewer.
  8. Maintenance — re-conformity on amendments, change-impact, periodic re-verification.

A note on patterns and your specific situation

Patterns are recipes. They are correct in their structure for the common case. Your situation is specific — your product, your supply chain, your notified body’s habits, your jurisdiction. Use the pattern as a starting structure; refine to your context. When a pattern conflicts with explicit guidance from your notified body or accredited assessor, the assessor wins. The pattern documentation is best-effort; the assessor is the conformance authority.

Next steps

Industrial robot

ISO 10218-1:2025 end-to-end.

Cobot

ISO/TS 15066 contact-force pattern.

AMR

ISO 3691-4 detection-zone pattern.

EU MR conformity

Self-propelled machinery technical-file workflow.