ISO 17874-2:2004规定了在核设施中远程处理放射性材料的机械主从操纵器的选择、安装和使用标准。 ISO 17874-2:2004仅涉及与操纵器及其与拟安装的核设施的接口相关的技术方面。 特别是，为了优化机械手的所有功能，需要并行研究工艺设备和机械手的特性。 然而，ISO 17874-2:2004并未涵盖核设施的基本设计标准（例如，涉及的工艺、工艺设备的维护、出于其他目的的干预）。

ISO 17874-2:2004 specifies the criteria for the selection, installation and use of a mechanical master-slave manipulator, for remote handling of radiaoactive materials in a nuclear facility. ISO 17874-2:2004 deals only with the technical aspects related to the manipulator and its interface with the nuclear facility in which it is intended to be installed. In particular, the process apparatus and the manipulator features need to be studied in parallel in order to optimize all the functionalities of the manipulator. However, ISO 17874-2:2004 does not cover the fundamental design criteria of the nuclear facility (e.g. the process involved, maintenance of the process equipment, intervention for other purposes).