Robotics Sourcing Beacon
Curated and sourced — suppliers, components, conformity marks, customs codes and logistics: the questions of buying and importing robots, each page citing the document it stands on. No content farm.
Glossary
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An ATA carnet is the single document that covers goods for temporary admission into a Customs territory with relief from duties and taxes, secured by
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A bill of lading is the contract between the owner of the goods and the carrier moving them.
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Product certification by the Bureau of Indian Standards is voluntary by default; it turns compulsory only where the Central Government issues a
Read → glossaryBonded warehouse
A Customs bonded warehouse is a building or other secured area in which imported dutiable merchandise may be stored, manipulated, or undergo
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Commodities that have passed Taiwanese commodity inspection must carry an inspection mark, and which mark applies follows from the regime the goods
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CE marking is the manufacturer's own declaration that a product meets the requirements of the harmonised EU rules that apply to it, allowing the
Read → glossaryCollaborative robot
A collaborative robot is an industrial robot designed to perform tasks in collaboration with human workers rather than behind the separation of a
Read → glossaryAnti-dumping duty
An anti-dumping duty is a charge a WTO member may impose on imports from a particular source, above its bound tariff rates, when a product enters its
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A customs broker, in the United States regime described by the cited source, is an individual, partnership, association or corporation licensed,
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A commodity code is an internationally recognised reference number that describes a specific product when goods are imported or exported, and it must
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A customs declaration is the official document setting out the details of goods entering or leaving EU customs territory, and the legal act by which
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Customs valuation is the customs procedure used to determine the customs value of imported goods. When the duty rate is ad valorem, that value determines the duty payable.
Read → glossaryDangerous goods Class 9
Class 9, in the United States hazardous materials regulations, is the residual category: a miscellaneous hazardous material that presents a hazard
Read → glossaryEAC marking
The EAC mark is the single circulation mark whose rules were approved by Commission Decision No. 711 of 15 July 2011, as amended by Decision No.
Read → glossaryEMC Directive
The EMC Directive 2014/30/EU is the EU rule ensuring that electrical and electronic equipment neither generates nor is disturbed by electromagnetic interference.
Read → glossaryEnd effector
The end effector is the tool at the wrist of the robot arm, also called end-of-arm tooling, and it is a distinct part of the industrial robot system
Read → glossaryEORI number
An EORI number is the single identifier an economic operator must hold to clear any customs operation in EU customs territory, whether import, export or transit.
Read → glossaryEscrow payment
Escrow, in international trade, is a service in which a trusted third party holds the buyer's funds until agreed conditions are met.
Read → glossaryFCC Part 15
Part 15 of the United States communications rules sets the conditions under which a radio-frequency device may be operated without an individual
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The cited source defines the regulated United States ocean role rather than freight forwarding at large: an Ocean Freight Forwarder is an individual
Read → glossaryHarmonic drive
The cited page is the manufacturer's own technical documentation, and it states that Harmonic Drive is a registered trademark of that company; the
Read → glossaryImport VAT
Import VAT is the value-added tax due when goods enter Great Britain from outside the UK, or Northern Ireland from outside the EU, and it is normally
Read → glossaryIncoterms
Incoterms rules are a set of eleven three-letter trade terms that allocate the tasks, costs and risks of delivering goods between seller and buyer in
Read → glossaryDDP
Under DDP the seller delivers when the goods are at the buyer's disposal at the agreed point in the named destination, ready for unloading from the
Read → glossaryIndustrial robot
An industrial robot is a machine used in place of a worker for dangerous or repetitive tasks demanding accuracy, and it is only one part of an
Read → glossaryInward processing relief
Inward processing is the procedure under which non-EU goods are imported into the EU customs territory to undergo one or more processing operations
Read → glossaryISO 10218
ISO 10218-1 is the international standard setting safety requirements for industrial robots taken as partly completed machinery — inherently safe
Read → glossaryISO/TS 15066
ISO/TS 15066 is a technical specification, not a full standard: it sets safety requirements for collaborative industrial robot systems and their work
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Korea's Electrical Appliances and Consumer Products Safety Control Act sorts regulated goods into three regimes: safety certification, the heaviest,
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A letter of credit is a contractual commitment by the buyer's bank to pay once the goods have been shipped and the required documents are presented to
Read → glossaryLiDAR
Lidar, or light detection and ranging, is a remote sensing method that fires pulsed laser light to measure varying distances to a surface; combined
Read → glossaryMachinery Regulation
The Machinery Regulation is the EU text that sets the mandatory essential health and safety requirements machinery must meet before being placed on
Read → glossaryNRTL listing
NRTL listing is certification of a product by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory, a private-sector organisation recognised under a programme
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Japan's Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act regulates the manufacture, import and sale of electrical appliances and materials in order to
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The Regulatory Compliance Mark, or RCM, is the compliance label showing that a regulated product meets the rules for supply to the Australian market.
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RoHS is the EU directive restricting hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, adopted to cut the risks that such equipment poses
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The Saudi standards, metrology and quality organisation issues conformity certificates of several distinct kinds, so what an exporter needs follows
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Rules of origin are the criteria that fix the national source of a product, and they matter because duties and restrictions frequently depend on where goods come from.
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In Canada, electrical equipment is accepted on the strength of a certification agency's own mark rather than a state mark, and accreditation of those
Read → glossarySingapore SAFETY Mark
Singapore's Consumer Protection (Safety Requirements) Regulations designate 33 categories of household electrical, electronic and gas appliances and
Read → glossaryTeach pendant
A teach pendant is the portable control device used to program a robot in manual mode, and it is how most robot systems are set up for an application:
Read → glossaryUKCA marking
UKCA marking is the product marking used for goods placed on the market in Great Britain, meaning England, Scotland and Wales.
Read → glossaryUKCA transition
For the Great Britain market, UKCA and CE are two routes to the same statement — that the manufacturer believes the product meets the applicable
Read → glossaryUN 38.3
UN 38.3 is the subsection of the UN Manual of Tests and Criteria under which every lithium cell and battery design must pass up to eight transport
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