Endpoint Controller Context
Market context
FORT Endpoint Controller is a safety-control device for autonomous machines, supporting wireless stop, machine inputs and networked control behavior.
- Target environment: Mobile robots, heavy equipment, industrial machines and physical-AI deployments operating near people.
- Workflow context: Installed as part of the safety and supervisory control layer around autonomous or remotely operated machines.
- Customer context: Robot OEMs, fleet operators, heavy-equipment builders, industrial integrators and safety engineering teams.
- Deployment model: Commercial safety-control hardware and platform integration.
- Commercial maturity: Commercial deployment infrastructure with safety-certification positioning.
- Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on safety architecture, certification requirements, radio performance, integration effort, fleet workflow and operator procedures.
- Market position: Machine-safety infrastructure for autonomous-machine deployments.
- Adjacent products: Adjacent to wireless E-stop systems, functional-safety controllers, remote-operation stacks and fleet supervision tools.
Workflow
Installed as part of the safety and supervisory control layer around autonomous or remotely operated machines.
Deployment environment
Mobile robots, heavy equipment, industrial machines and physical-AI deployments operating near people.
Specifications
- Safety Type: SIL 3 certified under IEC 61508
- Connectivity: Bluetooth Low Energy; Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz; ISM 902-928 MHz North America / 868 MHz EU; Ethernet
- Dimensions: 228 x 176 x 70 mm
- Connectors: Up to 2 RP-TNC antenna connectors, 2 M12 Ethernet connectors and 23-pin main integration connector
- Safety Features: Safety stop can be triggered by inputs including buttons, fire alarms, light curtains, door switches and sensors
- Software: FORT Manager web app and APIs for configuration, pairing and machine management
Tags
- Peer Group: Machine Safety Controllers, Robot Safety
- Workflow: Robot Safety
- Stack Layer: Safety Layer
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