# 2. Safety

PAROL6 is a desktop robot, light enough to lift with one hand, and it can still hurt you: it pinches, it moves
fast, it moves by itself when it homes, and it falls when it loses power. This chapter is short. Read all of it
before the first power-on, and have everyone who works at the robot read it.

!!! danger
    The project's [Safety Warning and Disclaimer](https://github.com/Source-Robotics/PAROL6-Desktop-robot-arm/blob/main/SAFETY_WARNING_AND_DISCLAIMER.md)
    applies to everything on this site: the hardware, the firmware, the software and this documentation are
    under development, and you build, modify and operate the robot at your own risk.

## In this chapter

- [Intended use](https://docs.source-robotics.com/PAROL-docs/1.1/02-safety/intended-use/): what the robot is for, and what it is not
- [Hazards](https://docs.source-robotics.com/PAROL-docs/1.1/02-safety/hazards/): pinch points, the fall on power loss, induced voltage, hot motors, the tool
- [Emergency stop](https://docs.source-robotics.com/PAROL-docs/1.1/02-safety/emergency-stop/): what the E-stop does, and what it does not
- [Moving the robot by hand](https://docs.source-robotics.com/PAROL-docs/1.1/02-safety/moving-by-hand/): when it is allowed and the two things never to do
- [What the robot protects against, and what not](https://docs.source-robotics.com/PAROL-docs/1.1/02-safety/safety-functions/)
- [Planning the cell](https://docs.source-robotics.com/PAROL-docs/1.1/02-safety/planning-the-cell/): the person, the guarding, the program