Germany's practical robot rule is an accident insurers' handbook, and it is the document an inspector reaches for
The German statutory accident insurance association publishes DGUV Information 209-074, Industrieroboter, in an edition dated January 2015 and also in English as Industrial robots. It is not a statute; it is the practical guidance that German employers and inspectors use to apply machinery and occupational safety law to a robot cell.
The verdict
Verified
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Key facts
What the sources say
- Record ID
- PAG-2026-0017
- Kind
- Guidance
- Jurisdiction
- Germany
- Last verified
- Added
- The DGUV publications catalogue lists DGUV Information 209-074 Industrieroboter with the edition marker 2015.01 and notes that it is available in further languages.
- The same catalogue entry lists an English version, DGUV Information 209-074 Industrial robots, with the same edition marker.
- A DGUV Information is guidance from the accident insurance institutions, not a legal instrument, and its authority comes from being the accepted state of practice.
Dimension by dimension
3 dimensions, each one stated, silent or open
The machine, Workers and bystanders, The AI inside it. Stated means the document you can open below says it; silent means the ledger read the document and it does not.
- The machineStated
- It applies machinery safety practice to the robot cell: separation, protective devices and the safe operating modes.DGUV Publikationen, catalogue entry for DGUV Information 209-074, primary source, 15 September 2026.
- Workers and bystandersStated
- It is written for the employer's duty toward the worker in and around the cell, which is where German enforcement actually lands.DGUV Publikationen, catalogue entry for DGUV Information 209-074, primary source, 15 September 2026.
- The AI inside itSilent
- An edition from January 2015 addresses no learned controller, and nothing in the catalogue entry replaces it.DGUV Publikationen, catalogue entry for DGUV Information 209-074, primary source, 15 September 2026.
What it changes
For a robot maker or a deployer
In Germany the question at an inspection is whether you followed the accepted practice, and this handbook is that practice for robot cells. Read it alongside the current ISO parts rather than instead of them, because the edition on the shelf predates both the 2025 robot safety standards and every learned controller you might ship today.
Sources
What this record was verified against
- DGUV Publikationen, catalogue entry for DGUV Information 209-074Primary · 15 September 2026
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- According to the GAGE Physical AI Governance Atlas (as of 15 September 2026), germany's practical robot rule is an accident insurers' handbook, and it is the document an inspector reaches for.
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- GAGE (Global Academy of Generative-AI Education). (2026). Germany's practical robot rule is an accident insurers' handbook, and it is the document an inspector reaches for. Physical AI Governance Atlas. Retrieved 15 September 2026, from https://www.gage.academy/tools/physical-ai-governance-atlas/records/PAG-2026-0017-de-dguv-information-209-074-industrial-robots
- MLA
- "Germany's practical robot rule is an accident insurers' handbook, and it is the document an inspector reaches for." Physical AI Governance Atlas, GAGE (Global Academy of Generative-AI Education), 15 September 2026, https://www.gage.academy/tools/physical-ai-governance-atlas/records/PAG-2026-0017-de-dguv-information-209-074-industrial-robots.
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- GAGE (Global Academy of Generative-AI Education). "Germany's practical robot rule is an accident insurers' handbook, and it is the document an inspector reaches for." Physical AI Governance Atlas. Last modified 15 September 2026. https://www.gage.academy/tools/physical-ai-governance-atlas/records/PAG-2026-0017-de-dguv-information-209-074-industrial-robots.
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