My Safety Journey: From Concept to Reality

Today I want to share a bit about my journey in safety - how I got started, the challenges I've faced, and where I see the field heading.

The Beginning

My safety in journey began with a ani animatronics breaking in mid operation: "Did anyone get hurt?"

This question led me down a path of discovery, from basic mechanical systems to complex autonomous machines, and how to revise the design to make it safer.

Key Learnings

1. No one get hurt!

One of the most important question to designer is: "Will you let people get hurt?" Of course not! Regardless of the financial implication. The idea that someone in my project got hurt is very daunting to hear. There is always safety issues to resolve in projects, once you take on the project, you will bear that burden on. With that in mind, what is the "necessary and sufficient" is a lot more tangible and always very important to gauge, especially no projects have infinite financial ceiling.

2. Common Buzz word: "Safety"

We don't just make everything have infinite safety factor. That is impossible, and impractical. Due to a badminton racquet broken from use, do we make it significantly more rigid, and make it infinitely thicker and use strongest metal? Of course not! It will be impractical for usage. What is safe enough tie heavily to usability, time and financial choices.

3. Human Interaction and standard

How to communicate to bring forth the requirement? What is the standard for alignment? this is the key question we align with everyone.

Current Focus

Right now, I'm particularly excited about:

• Different design systems for precise motion
• How to make it work with the world
• How to justify it's safety
• Creating more robots to help our world move forwards

Looking Forward

The future is to bring people to a better place. Therefore, the safety journey is to bring people in the world to a better place safely

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What aspects Safety excite you the most? I'd love to hear your thoughts!