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.
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
- 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
- Connectors: ≤2 RP-TNC antenna connectors, 2 M12 Ethernet connectors and 23-pin main integration connector
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