Robotics — AI-Powered IEC 61508 Compliance
Ketryx for Robotics
Build safer robotics faster.
Ketryx connects to your existing development tools to automate safety documentation, create real-time traceability across the IEC 61508 safety lifecycle, and enforce functional safety processes so teams achieve certification faster without reworking their toolchain.
Ketryx for Humanoid Robots
The Reality
Robotics are exploding in complexity. Safety documentation hasn't kept up.
Robotics safety cases must trace across hardware, firmware, embedded software, and AI/ML models. Teams manually construct traceability matrices spanning DOORS, Git, VectorCAST, and Excel — a gap in any link can fail an assessment.
Preparing the safety case documentation package for third-party assessment is one of the most time-consuming activities. Safety managers must manually compile evidence from multiple systems, ensure consistency, and address gaps.
Robots with AI/ML capabilities will be classified as high-risk AI systems under the EU AI Act, requiring technical documentation, risk management, and conformity assessments. Most robotics companies have no existing infrastructure to meet these requirements.
How Ketryx Works
One platform that connects functional safety to development.
Real-time traceability from hazard analysis to verification.
Ketryx automatically creates and maintains that traceability chain across Jira, Git, and TestRail in real time. No more manual trace matrices — your Safety Case stays current as your team works.
AI agents that cut safety documentation time by 90%.
Ketryx AI Agents understand IEC 61508 work products and functional safety documentation requirements, generating Safety Plans, Safety Requirements Specifications, and V&V evidence as a byproduct of your normal development workflow.
Safety impact analysis in hours, not weeks.
When an ML model changes, Ketryx identifies the full downstream impact across architecture, implementation, tests, and risk documents in minutes.
Results
Built for the most regulated industry in the world. Now available for robotics.
0% Reduction in manual trace matrix maintenance
0% Audit-ready, 100% of the time
0x Faster documentation cycles
Hours Time-to-value, not months
Connects to the tools your robotics team already uses.
Ketryx overlays your existing development and compliance tools — no rip-and-replace. Your team keeps working where they work.
How a Fortune 50 Robotics Company Moved 80% Faster
A Fortune 50 Robotics company partnered with Ketryx to accelerate releases and modernize risk management workflows. The result: the team now operates 80% faster.
Compliance Depth
Built for IEC 61508, ISO 13849, and the EU AI Act.
| Standard | What It Requires | How Ketryx Helps |
|---|---|---|
| IEC 61508 | Generic functional safety standard for electrical, electronic, and programmable electronic safety-related systems. | Automated SIL-level traceability from hazard analysis through safety goals, implementation, and verification evidence. |
| ISO 13849 | Safety of machinery, specifically safety-related parts of control systems. | Performance Level traceability linked to safety function documentation, automated safety requirements specifications. |
| ISO 10218 | Safety requirements for industrial robots and robot systems; recent updates include collaborative applications. | Automated documentation aligned to ISO 10218 clauses, traceability across collaborative robot safety functions. |
| IEC 62443 | Industrial cybersecurity standard for connected and autonomous robotic systems. | IEC 62443-compliant software supply chain management, cybersecurity traceability linked to functional safety artifacts. |
| ISO 12100 | Foundational machinery safety standard for risk assessment and risk reduction. | Structured risk assessment linking identified hazards to verification evidence. |
| EU AI Act | High-risk AI system requirements include technical documentation and risk management. | AI/ML documentation and traceability automation, compliance assessment evidence generation. |
| IEC 61511 | Functional safety standard for safety instrumented systems in the process industry. | Traceability from hazard and risk analysis through safety requirements, design, and verification evidence. |
Frequently Asked Questions
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Ketryx for Robotics
Your robotics engineers didn't become engineers to populate traceability matrices.
Every month spent on manual safety documentation is a month not spent building safer robots. Ketryx gives that time back.