Choosing an arm when the demos don't match (Fairino FR10)

DavidChan1128 · 25 May 2026, 07:03 UTC

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DavidChan1128
We're considering Fairino FR10 alongside other candidates for sorted tray loading with a rigid plastic cap in a compact parts handling area, with 176 planned. Although both demonstrations looked promising, one used a tidy tray and the other used our awkward workshop tray. That difference makes it hard to tell what the videos actually establish about the candidates.

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FionaBell0673
Replying to DavidChan1128

Have you listed tray adjustments separately from missed pickups? Comparing those observations could show how much of the apparent transfer performance depended on preparation.

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DavidChan1128
Replying to FionaBell0673

The notes are scrappy, but they distinguish the tray adjustments that aren't obvious in the footage. They also show most missed pickups occurring after tray replacement across the candidates.

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FionaBell0673
Replying to DavidChan1128

@DavidChan1128 Use those notes to plan a common tray trial, including normal replacement. Agree what counts as acceptable placement and operator help, then record both for each candidate.

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OmarBrown0926
Replying to FionaBell0673

On our own transfer job, the uninterrupted run hid a fiddly locating step. Asking a second operator to replace the tray made that painfully obvious.

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DavidChan1128
Replying to OmarBrown0926

How did you attribute the locating work in your comparison? Our discussion repeatedly stalls over whether it belongs against the robot or the fixture.

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OmarBrown0926
Replying to DavidChan1128

For my setup, package cost, labelled as fixture work. Somebody still had to pay, whichever column won.

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FionaBell0673
Replying to FionaBell0673

Keeping the same gripper would make the comparison fair too. That removes another variable while you sort out the tray issue.

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JackAbbott0080
Replying to FionaBell0673

Same gripper, unfair adapter? That's still a skewed comparison if the mounting suits one arm better.

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FionaBell0673
Replying to JackAbbott0080

You're right, identical tooling was too broad a rule. Match the gripping requirement, list adapter and tuning differences, and use the proposed tools when sharing one would skew the comparison.

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AaronBrown0871
Replying to FionaBell0673

@FionaBell0673 Does that mean a candidate can arrive with a custom fixture and still be compared? I'm trying to understand where the boundary goes.

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FionaBell0673
Replying to AaronBrown0871

Yes, if it's part of what you'd buy. Keep the incoming samples and required result consistent, and include that fixture's cost and changeover work.

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DavidChan1128
Replying to FionaBell0673

@FionaBell0673 The samples I've retained represent ordinary variation in our batch. We didn't select rejected workpieces specifically to make the demonstration difficult.

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JackAbbott0080
Replying to DavidChan1128

Then include those alongside the easy ones. A comparison made entirely of awkward samples could misrepresent the mix just as badly as the polished demo.

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DavidChan1128
Replying to JackAbbott0080

We also encounter empty pockets in normal work. I'd like to include that condition in the comparison without anybody creating an unplanned fault while the equipment moves.

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FionaBell0673
Replying to DavidChan1128

Ask the person responsible for the equipment to plan that test. Prepare the tray while access is safe, and agree the expected response first.

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OmarBrown0926
Replying to OmarBrown0926

For our job, we logged assistance during changeover too. The second operator's quick result depended on constant prompts from the demonstrator, which wouldn't match our staffing.

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DavidChan1128
Replying to OmarBrown0926

We've a way forward: a shared tray trial with placement and operator-help limits agreed first. Choosing the arm stays conditional on that comparison, rather than the existing clips.

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FionaBell0673
Replying to DavidChan1128

That gives the comparison a clear purpose. Keeping the purchase conditional fits what the existing videos can actually tell you.

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