Mantis Robotics achieves safety certification of the world’s first fenceless, high-speed industrial robot
PLEASANTON, CA, USA – Mantis Robotics today announced a landmark shift in industrial automation: the Mantis MR-1 flagship robot has become the first fenceless, high-speed industrial arm to receive safety certification to ISO 10218 and ISO 13849.
By integrating proprietary Physical AI, the MR-1 eliminates the traditional “speed vs. safety” compromise, allowing high-speed throughput in shared human workspaces without the need for physical barriers.
“This safety certification represents a true breakthrough for robotics, creating an entirely new category of robot that can interact safely with people without compromising productivity,” said Gerry Vannuffelen, CEO, Mantis Robotics. “The bottleneck to scaling AI robots isn’t intelligence; it’s safety. Mantis’ revolutionary proximity detection technology enables robots – in any form – to autonomously and safely adjust to the world around them, at industrial speeds. With this technology, we’re unlocking one of the largest platform opportunities in robotics.”
Enabling the Next Generation of Robotics
Mantis Robotics’ safety-certified, fenceless technology moves beyond individual hardware to provide the foundational platform for human-robot collaboration in the AI era. As AI-powered robots and humanoids move from controlled industrial cells into shared human environments — warehouses, factories, and eventually homes — safety becomes the critical enabler of scale. Mantis is building the essential safety architecture required for AI and humanoids to scale from factories into everyday environments.
MR-1: Unprecedented Robot Safety
With 47 embedded safety functions compared to 17 in the most commonly deployed robots or cobots on the market, the Mantis MR-1 robot is engineered for safety. All safety features are certified PL=d (Performance Level d), signifying a high level of reliability and functional safety. The MR-1’s embedded range-based object detection (“STAR”) is powered by Mantis SafetyCore, to continuously monitor for dynamic objects within its operating range. It automatically adjusts speed and behavior to support safe human–robot collaboration.
“The robot’s combination of Physical AI and code-free, rapid deployment – in the exact same footprint as a human worker – drives maximum productivity and a superior return on automation investment,” added Vannuffelen.