Prototype machinist exploring small-batch automation

EmmaChan1072

Emma Chan

AustraliaJoined 29 Jan 2026119 posts

About

Prototype machinist exploring small-batch automation. Currently exploring small-batch automation and robot comparisons. Working around limited floor space; planning a 15-week trial before making a decision.

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Conversations

Fairino FR5: Should I call this a useful change or an unresolved pickup problem?

EmmaChan1072 · 32 points · Applications & integration · 11 May 2026

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Did logging stall our UR5e display, or just happen at the same time?

EmmaChan1072 · 14 points · Programming & support · 7 May 2026

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How long do I keep chasing a spare adapter that is always in the next shipment?

LucaAdams0091 · 36 points · Buying advice · 5 May 2026

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Our Fairino FR5 arrived, but the promised spare kit didn't - placing parts in assembly nests

OmarBrown0926 · 30 points · Buying advice · 30 Apr 2026

1replies C

Request received isn't the same as area available, is it? (Universal Robots UR5e, coordinating a CNC part handover)

ChloeArcher0396 · 33 points · Programming & support · 19 Apr 2026

2replies E

How do I get a UR5e connection guide for the package actually delivered?

EmmaChan1072 · 30 points · Buying robots from China · 14 Apr 2026

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A supervised machine tending bay: Can this reach sketch support an arm choice?

SamArcher0420 · 13 points · Fairino robots · 11 Apr 2026

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Why does our FR10 polymer-blank sketch still pretend the tool has no body?

GabrielBell0627 · 16 points · Fairino robots · 5 Apr 2026

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How do I close our UR5e spare-kit shortage without pretending it arrived?

EmmaChan1072 · 20 points · Buying advice · 31 Mar 2026

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Why does our FR10 layer approval use the wrong packed carton?

AaronBrown0871 · 24 points · Applications & integration · 30 Mar 2026

10replies E

How do I teach our FR10 empty-pocket decision without making myself the procedure?

EmmaChan1072 · 16 points · Programming & support · 28 Mar 2026

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How should our FR5 restart treat a puck whose placement was never recorded?

CarlaArcher0401 · 2 points · Programming & support · 2 Mar 2026

6replies L

FR5 fixture wait with a complete trace and two meanings of seated

LeoAllen0275 · 8 points · Buying robots from China · 28 Feb 2026

8replies R

The UR5e waits on a tray that looks fitted

RickShift · 8 points · Buying robots from China · 27 Feb 2026

15replies E

How do I make the old FR5 completion arrive last every time?

EmmaChan1072 · 25 points · Programming & support · 26 Feb 2026

6replies S

The FR5 completion survives reconnect and gets counted again

SaraAbbott0026 · 2 points · Applications & integration · 19 Feb 2026

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