ISO 17874-3:2011规定了拟用于核应用的电动主从机械手的主要特征。它概述了与核电站建筑内外应用的电气主从式机械手的设计特点有关的基本原则。 ISO 17874-3:2011未涉及原型、实验装置和过时类型，涉及设计变更，其省略了电气主从式机械手的一个或多个基本特征（例如力反射）。

ISO 17874-3:2011 specifies the main features of electrical master-slave manipulators intended to be used for nuclear applications. It outlines basic principles which relate to the design features of electrical master-slave manipulators for applications both inside and outside nuclear plant buildings. ISO 17874-3:2011 does not address prototypes, experimental devices and obsolete types, involving variations in design which omit one or more essential features of electrical master-slave manipulators (e.g. force reflection).