AI-Based Assistant for Determining the Required Performance Level for a Safety Function

Standards such as ISO 13849 and ISO 12100 enable users to model safety related control elements with safety functions, according to a specified architecture and required performance level. In this direction, a novel Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based assistant is introduced in this paper to aid in determining the required performance level parameter by indulging the user in a dialog-based conversation regarding hazard scenarios. This will help inexperienced machinery safety personnel (e.g. mechanical engineer) to get an overview of the safety engineering aspects, before consulting with safety experts for risk assessment.