Independent functional safety consulting for robotic work cells, AMRs & AGVs, humanoids, robotic arms, and industrial machinery — from safety case to CE marking and NRTL certification.
End-to-end functional safety support for robotics and industrial machinery — built on fifteen years of designing, certifying, and deploying safety-critical systems.
We architect the functional safety concept end-to-end — hardware, control system software, and the certification strategy and safety case that bring your product to market.
In plain English: we figure out the safest way to design your robot or machine, then build the technical paper trail that proves it to regulators and auditors.
Structured hazard analysis and risk assessment for robotic arms, work cells, AMRs, humanoids, and machinery — aligned to ISO 12100, with mitigation strategies you can actually implement.
In plain English: we map every way your system could hurt someone, then design the controls that prevent each one — and document the work so it survives an audit.
Primary liaison with auditors and authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) for CE marking under the EU Machinery Regulation — including the Declaration of Conformity (DoC) for complete machinery and Declaration of Incorporation (DoI) for partly-completed machinery — and NRTL certification (UL, TÜV, and others) for North American markets. From gap analysis through final report.
In plain English: we get your product through the certifications you need to legally ship in the US, EU, and most global markets — and we deal with the auditors so you don't have to.
Practical interpretation of ISO 10218, ANSI/RIA 15.06/15.08, IEC 61508, ISO 13849, NFPA 79, NEC, UL 508A, and adjacent standards — and what they mean for your specific design.
In plain English: standards are written for committees, not for engineers shipping product. We translate them into specific, actionable design requirements for your team.
Independent review of system designs, V&V plans, and safety lifecycle deliverables prior to deployment or certification submission. Find the gaps before the auditor does.
In plain English: we look at your design with fresh eyes and tell you exactly what will fail review — while it's still cheap to fix.
A selection of engagements — robotic workcells certified from prototype in six months, NRTL technical defense, AGV fleets deployed at the scale of hundreds, custom safety electronics architected for production, and semiconductor capital equipment compliance.
Led compliance and certification strategy for a robotic workcell program from early prototype to self-declared compliance — issuing the EU Declaration of Conformity (DoC) for CE marking and meeting JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards) for Japan, built on the relevant IEC harmonized standards. Transformed loosely-defined electrical, guarding, and sensing subsystems into verifiable, certifiable implementations supported by a structured safety case.
Outcome: International deployment readiness — CE-marked for the EU and JIS-conformant for Japan — on an aggressive six-month timeline.
Architected a next-generation power-distribution, signal-distribution, and safety-rated control platform for robotic systems — custom circuitry aligned to industrial machinery standards, engineered to reduce implementation cost without compromising functional safety, EMC, manufacturability, or field serviceability. Custom safety architecture is a primary lever for cost reduction in robotic platforms; this work demonstrates the approach in practice.
Outcome: Reduced implementation cost, smaller enclosure footprint, shorter build time, and improved field reliability across the platform.
Led the certification effort for a robotic workcell built for EU customers and targeted for worldwide distribution — CE marking for the EU (issuing the Declaration of Conformity) alongside NRTL compliance for North America (US, Canada, Mexico). Served as primary technical interface with the NRTL, defending engineering and compliance decisions, developing technical arguments and resolutions, and coordinating cross-functional remediation throughout the review cycles.
Outcome: CE-marked and NRTL-compliant system cleared for European and North American markets from inception to deployment within a six-month window.
Architected next-generation safety strategy for autonomous robotic fleets operating in dynamic three-dimensional environments — work that sits outside the assumptions baked into conventional fixed-automation standards. Addressed the interactions between autonomy, navigation, sensing, and the operational edge cases that surface only at fleet scale and beyond planar floor operations.
Outcome: Scalable safety framework positioned for advanced fleet deployment and the evolving standards landscape around AI-enabled robotics.
Implemented safety-related controls and system integration across a fleet of hundreds of autonomous guided vehicles — coordinating controls, sensing, and operational requirements through to real-world deployment and operationalization of the safety system at fleet scale.
Outcome: Production AGV fleet operating safely in an active working environment.
Executed safety and compliance work to SEMI S2 on semiconductor capital equipment — driving hazard evaluation, electrical safety analysis, and multidisciplinary coordination across a compliance program for highly-regulated equipment operating in one of the most demanding industrial environments.
Outcome: Equipment qualified to semiconductor industry safety expectations and ready for fab deployment.
Led EMC/EMI testing and verification programs across multiple robotics and industrial machinery platforms — embedding EMC into system architecture from concept, and managing technical coordination with third-party labs and NRTLs through troubleshooting and resolution of compliance findings.
Outcome: Products through EMC certification without the late-stage redesign cycles that derail typical robotics programs.
Engagements above are anonymized to protect client and prior-employer relationships. Specifics and references available on request under NDA.
Day-to-day fluency in the standards that govern robotics, machinery, and electrical safety — including the new EU Machinery Regulation and emerging cybersecurity requirements coming into force.
Integrated work cells (the kind you see in factories) — the robot arms, collaborative robots, guarding, sensing, and controls that make up a complete cell.
The European conformity deliverables most clients ask for by name — Declaration of Conformity (DoC), Declaration of Incorporation (DoI), and the technical file that supports them.
Autonomous mobile robots and automated guided vehicles operating at fleet scale — warehouses, factories, logistics, and dynamic shared-space environments.
Production-line machinery, packaging, food processing, semiconductor tools — anything with hazardous motion or stored energy.
The systems-engineering standards that govern how safety-critical controls are designed, verified, and maintained.
Electrical design and control-panel standards — the foundation under everything that plugs in.
New regulations entering enforcement that will reshape how robots and machinery are certified — including cybersecurity and AI.
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Built by an engineering leader who has run cross-discipline programs and defended safety decisions in front of auditors. Backed by a trusted associate network for on-site delivery, training, and adjacent industries when scope demands it.
Cabral Safety Consulting Group was founded by Aneudy Cabral — an engineering leader who has spent fifteen years on the customer side of the same safety and certification problems most clients are wrestling with. The practice exists because the gap between standards and shipped product is wider than it looks, and closing it well is a leadership problem as much as a technical one.
Most recently as Senior Engineering Manager at Berkshire Grey, Aneudy led functional safety, compliance, and certification across multiple product lines of autonomous mobile robots and robotic pick cells — driving programs that spanned electrical, controls, firmware, and software teams, owning the safety case from concept through CE and NRTL certification, and carrying it into real fleet deployment. Prior roles spanned electrical and controls engineering at Veeco, Nuvera Fuel Cells, and Axcelis Technologies. The shared thread is cross-discipline program ownership: hardware and software, design and certification, engineering and the auditor across the table.
We've defended technical decisions in front of NRTLs. We've navigated CE deliverables under aggressive timelines. We've absorbed the operational cost of late-stage redesigns firsthand. That history shapes how the practice engages — practically, with attention to schedule and downstream consequences, not just the clause numbers in the standard. Aneudy is also an active contributor to the ANSI/RIA 15.06 and 15.08 standards committees at the Association for Advancing Automation, bringing a working engineer's perspective into the standards themselves.
CSCG operates as a network practice. Core engagements are led directly; when a project requires extended on-site presence, broader industry coverage, or specialized capabilities, we extend through trusted associate firms with on-the-ground capacity across North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Together, the network supports functional safety across robotics, industrial automation, machinery, energy, medical, process, AI safety, training, and on-site compliance — anchored by deep, hands-on robotics expertise at the center.
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