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Room 01 · Robotics

Robot simulation, offline programming and robot-side engineering

Validate the cell in simulation before the steel is cut. Three ways in: a Robot Cell Review to qualify a project, a fixed-scope Simulation Sprint to deliver it, and Integration Engineering Support inside a larger project. Remote-first from France, on site across Europe when the contract says so.

Prices provisional, VAT status pendingABB RobotStudio · KUKA.Sim · RobotmasterEN / FR
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Simulation of a two-robot welding cell with positioners, dark-graded
Two-robot welding cell · ABB RobotStudio · public
01 / At a glance

Who it’s for, what you get and how it runs

Room 01 at a glance

Robotics: what the room covers

From €2,500provisional, VAT status pending

Robot simulation, offline programming and robot-side engineering. Most work starts with the Simulation Sprint; uncertain projects start with a Robot Cell Review.

Who it’s for
  • Integrators with more quotes and projects than simulation hours
  • Manufacturers planning a new cell, a product changeover or a layout change
  • Machining and finishing users who need robot paths generated from CAD
  • Project teams that need robot-side capacity for a defined period
What’s included
  • Feasibility, reach, interference and layout reviews of one cell or concept
  • Simulation and offline programming in ABB RobotStudio, KUKA.Sim and Robotmaster
  • Cycle-time studies with the bottlenecks named
  • Safety-zone concepts checked in simulation, for your safety engineer to validate
  • Robot programming (KUKA KRL, ABB RAPID) and robot–line I/O, robot side only
Deliverables
  • Written reviews ending in a go / revise / investigate-further recommendation
  • Native station files, offline programs, assumptions and open-constraints logs
  • Prioritised risk and action registers
  • As-built programs, change logs and operator notes at handover
Process
  1. 20-minute fit call
  2. Quote, or a Statement of Work with acceptance tests
  3. Work from complete inputs, with a review gate
  4. Handover call and acceptance
Timeline
  • Offer A: typically 5–10 working days from complete inputs and deposit
  • Offer B: 2–4 weeks from complete inputs
  • Offer C: per project, set in the SoW
Next step

Book a 20-minute fit call: share robot model, application, main constraint and the documents you have. You get a reply with a recommended next step within two working days.

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All prices provisional, VAT status pending.Compare the three tiers
02 / Tiers

Three tiers, one ladder

Offer A qualifies, Offer B delivers, Offer C embeds. Every price is provisional, VAT status pending; each is fixed in writing after the fit call or scoping.

The three robotics tiers compared. All prices provisional, VAT status pending.
Offer A · Qualify firstRobot Cell ReviewOffer B · Lead offerRobotics Simulation SprintOffer C · BespokeIntegration Engineering Support
Who it’s forIntegrators who need a reach, layout or cycle-time feasibility check for a quote; manufacturers who want a vendor-neutral second opinion, or need to know why a cell runs below targetIntegrators with more quotes and projects than simulation hours; manufacturers planning a new cell, a product changeover or a layout change; machining and finishing users who need robot paths from CADIntegrators who need robot-engineering capacity for a defined period; manufacturers with a principal integrator in place; project teams protecting robot-side milestones
What’s includedReview of one agreed cell, concept or workflow; targeted simulation where it helps (ABB RobotStudio, KUKA.Sim or Robotmaster); 60-minute remote readout callWork packages chosen in the Statement of Work (SoW): cell model and layout validation, cycle-time study, offline programs (ABB RAPID / KUKA KRL, Robotmaster paths), safety-zone concept checked in simulationScope modules named in each contract: engineering review and documentation, simulation and offline programming, robot programming and robot–line I/O, safety-concept support, site commissioning support, technical handover
DeliverablesWritten review; prioritised risk and action register; a go / revise / investigate-further recommendation; report and any simulation files handed overHandover pack: agreed native station files, programs, assumptions and open-constraints log, one remote handover sessionThe outputs of each contracted module, ending with as-built programs, change log and operator notes
ProcessFit call → scope and quote within two working days → your inputs → written findings → readout callScoping call → SoW with fixed price and acceptance tests → data check → mid-sprint review (layout frozen) → delivery and handover → acceptanceRobot Cell Review or scoping workshop → responsibility matrix → proposal → signed SoW
TimelineTypically 5–10 working days from complete inputs and deposit2–4 weeks from complete inputs; 10-working-day acceptance windowPer project: milestones and dates are set in the SoW
Price€2,500 – €5,000provisional, VAT status pending50% on order · balance on delivery of the report€10,000 – €20,000provisional, VAT status pending40% on signature · 40% at mid-sprint review · 20% on acceptance€20,000 – €40,000+provisional, VAT status pendingTypical project value · deposit ≥ 30% on signature, then milestones or monthly
Next stepOffer A in full · book a 20-minute fit callOffer B in full · book a 20-minute fit callOffer C in full · book a 20-minute fit call
03 / Proof

Public robot cells

Only cells that are already published. These five are the public proof behind the robotics offers.

Simulation of a two-robot welding cell with positioners
Robotics · client work

Two-robot welding cell

The whole cell built in ABB RobotStudio: layout, positioners, robot programming and cycle time.

Simulation of a barrel destacking line with ten robots
Robotics · concept for a client

Barrel destacking line

Ten robots with conveyors and light curtains, laid out and simulated as a concept.

Simulation of a robot loading a CNC lathe from bar pallets
Robotics · simulation

Machine-tending cell

An ABB robot loading a CNC lathe from bar pallets.

Safety zones around a large robot and its fixture racks
Robotics · safety zoning

SafeMove fixture cell

Safety zoning with ABB SafeMove around a large robot and its fixture racks.

Offline machining path on an industrial robot
Robotics · offline programming

Robotmaster machining path

An offline machining path on a KUKA robot, programmed in Robotmaster.

Maya top view of a robot with a truss-mounted tool, wireframe selected, outliner open
Robotics · simulation

Robot simulation in Maya

A working view of a robot simulation in Maya: robot, truss-mounted tool and scene outliner.

All five cells are public: Visual Machinist on Adobe Portfolio, Robot cell design and simulation. Client names and project details stay confidential.

04 / Workshop

From the workshop

Real photos, graded to the site’s dark palette. Third-party signage has been removed from the frame.

Industrial robot with a multi-tool end effector beside a tilting turntable rig, dark-graded
Robot + turntable rig · workshop
Teaching the tool centre point of the robot's end effector next to the turntable rig, dark-graded
Teaching TCP · workshop
Robot holding its end effector at the top edge of the turntable rig, dark-graded
Robot at top edge · turntable
05 / Limits

Tools and limits

What the room works with, and what stays with your integrator or safety engineer.

Tools

  • ABB RobotStudio, including SafeMove safety-zone concepts
  • KUKA.Sim
  • Robotmaster for machining and trimming paths
  • Mastercam
  • Software seats and licence access are agreed in the Statement of Work

Not offered, unless added in writing

  • PLC / HMI development and vision integration
  • Safety sign-off, CE / UKCA marking
  • Fault-finding or repair of drives, power supplies or controller hardware
  • Turnkey line delivery or overall integrator responsibility
  • Production-rate guarantees from simulation alone

Start with a 20-minute fit call

Send robot brand, task and deadline. You get a reply with a recommended next step within two working days — or a straight no if it isn’t a fit.

visual.machinist@protonmail.com

Or read the tiers in full: Offer A · Offer B · Offer C.