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Choosing a robot, finding an integrator, and planning your budget.

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Support hours in a robot quotation: whose time zone?

OwenRelay_ce0f76 · 0 points · Buying advice · 9 Sept 2026

Would you pay for a feasibility visit before asking for another robot quote?

NadiaAdams0117 · 0 points · Buying advice · 8 Sept 2026

How much detail do you ask for before paying a robot deposit?

FelixFixture_9b9c96 · 0 points · Buying advice · 6 Sept 2026

Screenshot: Nori A3 is $1,688. Tempted, but what would you ask first?

LeoAbbott0014 · 0 points · Buying advice · 5 Sept 2026

How many times can a controller be 'sent separately'?

MariaCook · 36 points · Buying advice · 4 Sept 2026

The quote weighed the housing and forgot everything holding it

JackAdams0167 · 31 points · Buying advice · 4 Sept 2026

Where is the second shipment for our UR5e?

NadiaBell0639 · 26 points · Buying advice · 4 Sept 2026

Can I compare these trials without comparing the wrong thing?

AmyCarter0989 · 17 points · Buying advice · 4 Sept 2026

Why is the missing filter marked as delivered?

ReeceBennett0732 · 24 points · Buying advice · 4 Sept 2026

What would make a small unloading pilot worth approving?

BenChan1066 · 23 points · Buying advice · 4 Sept 2026

How should I record the extra FR5 cable that never arrived?

FionaAbbott0064 · 2 points · Buying advice · 4 Sept 2026

How do I get the spare kit out of 'next shipment' limbo?

GraceBaker0494 · 32 points · Buying advice · 4 Sept 2026

The delivered adapter has a locating lip our approved drawing doesn't show

GeorgiaCook · 2 points · Buying advice · 4 Sept 2026

Is our load comparison missing most of the assembly? (loading metal housings into inspection nests)

ImranChen1175 · 18 points · Buying advice · 4 Sept 2026

Can we make these Fairino FR5 proposals comparable? - boxed product placement

GraceBaker0494 · 17 points · Buying advice · 4 Sept 2026

Can't identify the gripper finger set in the seller's video - loading small inspection fixtures

NadiaBaker0465 · 6 points · Buying advice · 4 Sept 2026

Our handling budget left out fixture work and staff time - tray unloading

SaraBarnes0548 · 18 points · Buying advice · 4 Sept 2026

Closing a missing accessory issue without overstating it (Universal Robots UR5e)

AaronBell0610 · 5 points · Buying advice · 3 Sept 2026

Our handling budget left out fixture work and staff time (Universal Robots UR5e, tray loading)

AmaraAbbott0078 · 24 points · Buying advice · 3 Sept 2026

My Universal Robots UR5e arrived without its controller - loading assembly fixtures

LucyBennett0741 · 32 points · Buying advice · 3 Sept 2026