[SO-101] Workspace limits and self-collision checks for educators schools (intermediate)

How are you keeping SO-101 demos safe and repeatable by setting workspace limits without making the robot too constrained to teach with?

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SO-101 demos in classrooms often become unpredictable when the arm is allowed to move through the full nominal workspace without enough guardrails for fixtures, table edges, or self-collision.

How are you setting workspace limits and self-collision checks on SO-101 for repeated demos and student use?

Please share how you define safe regions, what limit checks matter most, and how you validate that the arm stays teachable without becoming overly constrained.

If you reply, include one exact collision-risk symptom and one exact limit or validation step that improved safety.

Module: SO-101 · Audience: educators-schools · Type: question

Tags: so-101, workspace-limits, self-collision, safety

Comment 1

Useful replies will explain how safe regions are defined in the real classroom, not only in the nominal robot model.

Comment 2

If one soft-limit rule prevented most bad motions in your setup, share it. That kind of answer is very reusable.

Comment 3

It is also valuable to explain how you kept the robot useful for teaching while tightening safety margins.