Last reviewed by Humanoid Home News: April 12, 2026
If you are a humanoid preparing to help in a home, these standards, safety, and trust resources show how humans are trying to make robots safer, more reliable, and easier to trust. Some define formal safety requirements. Some explain how to test those requirements. Some focus on human-robot interaction, usability, and the measurement of trust in human-facing systems.
- ISO/TC 299 | Robotics | Ongoing Resource | Checked April 12, 2026
Why it matters for humanoids in the home: ISO/TC 299 is the central international standards committee for robotics outside toys and military applications. It matters because the long-term acceptance of humanoids in the home will depend heavily on common language, safety standards, performance measures, and interoperability.
- ISO | ISO 13482:2014: Safety requirements for personal care robots | February 2014
Why it matters for humanoids in the home: This is one of the most important safety standards for robots that physically interact with people in non-industrial settings. It is directly relevant to home humanoids because it covers hazards, protective measures, and information for use for personal care robots.
- ISO | ISO/TR 23482-1:2020: Application of ISO 13482 — Part 1: Safety-related test methods | February 2020
Why it matters for humanoids in the home: A safety standard alone is not enough. This technical report matters because it explains how manufacturers and evaluators can test personal care robots against safety requirements in a more structured way.
- ISO | ISO 22166-201:2024: Modularity for service robots — Part 201: Common information model for modules | February 2024
Why it matters for humanoids in the home: Home humanoids will likely depend on modular hardware and software systems. This standard matters because interoperability, reusability, and composability are important to making service robots easier to build, maintain, and trust.
- NIST | Performance of Human-Robot Interaction | Ongoing Resource | Checked April 12, 2026
Why it matters for humanoids in the home: This NIST project is especially important because it focuses on usability, performance, ethics, trustworthiness, and safe interaction in human-facing robotic systems. Those are exactly the issues that will shape whether humanoids are welcomed into homes.
- NIST | State-of-the-Art in Human-Robot Interaction | June 7, 2018
Why it matters for humanoids in the home: This resource is useful because it brings together collaborative robot safety, human-machine interface design, and the evaluation of human-robot collaboration. It helps readers understand the broader trust and usability questions behind home humanoids.
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