RIA announces alliance with OSHA, NIOSH

The Robotic Industries Association (RIA), a trade group in Ann Arbor, Mich., has signed an alliance partnership with OSHA and NIOSH.

According to an RIA statement, the goals of the OSHA/NIOSH/RIA Alliance are to enhance technical expertise about robotics within OSHA and NIOSH; improve awareness of workplace hazards associated with traditional industrial robots and the emerging technology of human robot collaboration installations and systems; and identify research that may be needed to help reduce workplace hazards.