Saphira AI Accelerates ISO 10218-1 Compliance for RobCo

Saphira AI (YC S24) is excited to share our collaboration with Roman Hölzl & RobCo, a Sequoia-backed German robotics company pioneering modular robotics solutions for industrial manufacturers.

Thanks to Saphira, Arnab Bagchi’s team at RobCo achieved ISO 10218-1 compliance for their industrial robots within weeks instead of months—despite the complexity of navigating detailed safety requirements and certification hurdles.

1. Understand Your Context: The Compliance Challenge

Achieving ISO 10218-1 compliance required RobCo to tackle several core tasks:

• Interpret and implement technical requirements from ISO 10218-1
• Maintain traceability across safety-related design decisions
• Produce comprehensive certification reports
• Ensure real-time documentation updates during product evolution

Navigating all of this manually would have meant long certification timelines, fragmented processes, and costly consultant involvement.

2. Saphira’s Platform Advantage

Here’s how Saphira AI helped streamline RobCo’s path to certification:

Centralized Requirements Management

Capture and manage electrical, mechanical, and software requirements in one unified platform, eliminating information silos.

Automated Traceability

Saphira automatically linked requirements, design elements, and verification steps, providing a fully traceable design history.

Intelligent Report Generation

Saphira’s report generator created ISO 10218-1-specific documentation, including TÜV-friendly summaries for certification reviews.

Continuous Compliance Monitoring

Designs were continuously validated against ISO 10218-1—flagging risks instantly when changes occurred.

AI-Powered Standard Interpretation

Saphira’s AI clarified complex clauses in the ISO standard and suggested practical implementation strategies to the team.

3. Measurable Impact for RobCo

With Saphira AI, RobCo realized:

• 50% reduction in time spent on compliance tasks
• Faster issue identification, reducing risks before certification
• Improved documentation accuracy
• Streamlined collaboration between safety and engineering teams
• Shorter time-to-market, despite not relying on full-time internal compliance staff

This translated to a faster, smoother certification journey and allowed RobCo to focus on what matters: building safe, cutting-edge robotics platforms.

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