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

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How should we compare contacts that leave witness marks? - planning gentle handling of cylindrical components

AnilBrown0897 · 21 points · Buying advice · 12 Jul 2026

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How do I compare these two gripper proposals fairly? (Fairino FR5, transferring housings between locating nests)

VictorAbbott0011 · 7 points · Buying advice · 12 Jul 2026

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What should I ask suppliers for beyond a payload total? - loading metal housings into inspection nests

OmarBell0665 · 10 points · Buying advice · 11 Jul 2026

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The installed tool cable is here; the spare isn't (Fairino FR10, transferring small housings)

SamAbbott0072 · 15 points · Buying advice · 11 Jul 2026

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Starting with 163: what belongs in the pilot budget? (fixture loading)

PavelAllen0266 · 33 points · Buying advice · 11 Jul 2026

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Our changing sample handling fixtures kit count doesn't match the delivered contents (Universal Robots UR5e)

OwenAli0225 · 13 points · Buying advice · 11 Jul 2026

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Can we use these videos to shortlist Fairino FR10? (fixture-to-tray unloading)

SamCarter1029 · 9 points · Buying advice · 10 Jul 2026

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How can a short recording show the package and the agreed task? (Universal Robots UR5e)

AnilArcher0375 · 30 points · Buying advice · 10 Jul 2026

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What should I ask suppliers for beyond a payload total?

RebeccaBrown0952 · 6 points · Buying advice · 10 Jul 2026

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How do I get past 'next shipment' replies? (Fairino FR5, sorting inspection samples)

NinaBennett0762 · 7 points · Buying advice · 10 Jul 2026

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Arm and gripper priced. Fixtures still vague. - fixture loading

JoBell0679 · 23 points · Buying advice · 10 Jul 2026

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Our spare kit keeps being pushed into an unspecified shipment (Fairino FR5, placing parts in assembly nests)

DineshBell0647 · 15 points · Buying advice · 10 Jul 2026

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Seller promised an extra tool cable, not just the installed one - placing parts in assembly nests

NadiaAllen0291 · 33 points · Buying advice · 9 Jul 2026

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The robot is here; this is a separate accessory shortage (Universal Robots UR5e, preparing molded part handling runs)

RosaBaker0466 · 20 points · Buying advice · 9 Jul 2026

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Bought against a drawing; received a different-looking interface (Fairino FR5, placing molded parts in nests)

LouisChan1094 · 34 points · Buying advice · 9 Jul 2026

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A low-volume product packing room: How do I compare packaging quotes with missing scope?

ImranAllen0305 · 35 points · Buying advice · 9 Jul 2026

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Workshop prototype cell: Seller promised an extra gripper mounting adapter, not just the installed one

HanaArcher0361 · 32 points · Buying advice · 8 Jul 2026

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Our Fairino FR10 arrived, but the promised spare kit didn't (loading sample trays)

ThomasArcher0364 · 3 points · Buying advice · 8 Jul 2026

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Refurbished UR5e price supplied, inspection scope absent

ChloeBrown0918 · 22 points · Buying advice · 8 Jul 2026

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What connects this FR10 motion clip to our agreed contact-pad demonstration?

OliverBarnes0537 · 5 points · Buying advice · 8 Jul 2026

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