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Robots on the jobs people should not have to do.

A robotic cell is a robot with its tooling, guarding, sensors and controls, designed around one task - welding, palletising, pick-and-place, machine tending - and built to run safely shift after shift.
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Robotic cells

What It Is

Industrial robots are fast, precise and strong, and work behind guarding. Collaborative robots (cobots) are slower but can work close to people after a risk assessment, which suits small batches and tight spaces.

Most of the engineering is around the robot: the gripper or welding torch, part presentation, vision guidance where parts are not fixed, safety design and the PLC that ties the cell to the rest of the line.

How It Works

The system from the sensor to the people who act on it. Every project is sized to the site, but the layers stay the same.

  1. Present

    Part handling

    Fixtures, conveyors or vision-guided picking bring parts to the robot.

  2. Act

    Robot & tooling

    A 6-axis robot, SCARA or cobot with the gripper, torch or dispenser for the task.

  3. Protect

    Safety

    Guarding, light curtains, safety scanners and a safety PLC sized from the risk assessment.

  4. Control

    Cell PLC & HMI

    Sequencing, recipes and interlocks with upstream and downstream machines.

  5. Report

    Cell data

    Cycle times, faults and counts sent to SCADA or MES.

Key Technologies

The protocols, standards and components we work with on this use case.

Robots

  • 6-axis robots
  • SCARA
  • Cobots
  • Vision-guided robotics
  • End-of-arm tooling

Safety

  • ISO 10218
  • ISO/TS 15066
  • ISO 13849
  • ISO 12100 risk assessment
  • Safety PLC

Engineering

  • Offline programming
  • Cell simulation
  • PROFINET
  • EtherNet/IP
  • ROS 2

Typical Deliverables

What a project usually hands over. We agree the exact scope with you before work starts.

  • Feasibility and cycle-time study
  • Cell layout and simulation
  • Tooling, fixtures and guarding design
  • Robot and PLC programs
  • Risk assessment and safety validation
  • Installation, FAT/SAT and operator training
The practice behind it: Physical AI

Where It Applies

Industries where this use case answers a problem we see often. Each links back to the sector page.

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