Control systems in the new regulation – Practical considerations
Legal and technical analysis of the new Machinery Regulation

Because the use of ML approaches to ensure safety functions is one of the two properties with which the regulation characterizes AI systems and identifies the products to be certified by notified bodies (the other being self-evolving behavior), we will study them below.

The discussion will first be based on the general principles of Annex I of Directive 2006/42/EC and their implications (section 5.1 ). Control system-based safety functions will be introduced (section 5.2...