Engineering tools
Small, honest planning tools for the first questions of an automation project: what kind of solution fits, what size of robot to look at, and whether it pays back. Free, no sign-up, every assumption visible.
Tools
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What size of robot should I look at?
Robot Selector
Payload and reach envelope from your part, gripper and layout.
You need: part and gripper mass, the farthest point to reach, how the robot is mounted.
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Does this project look economically worth investigating?
Automation Business Case Planner
Payback, a planning budget without a quote, value sources and financing from your own numbers.
You need: current labor and schedule assumptions, and either a project cost or a target payback.
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What kind of automation fits this job?
Robotics Solution Finder
A first direction for your process: cell, cobot, vision, retrofit or a test first.
You need: the task you want to automate. Three short questions, no contact details.
Which one first?
If you know the task but not the kind of automation, start with the Solution Finder. Once you know it is a robot job, the Robot Selector tells you which size of robot to ask suppliers about. The Business Case Planner answers the question the budget holder will ask: is it worth it, and how much could we invest?
All three are planning aids. They make the first conversation with an integrator or supplier faster and better informed; they do not replace a feasibility check on your parts, a load-diagram check or a risk assessment.
Who makes these
Alex Ye Xu, who edits AYXWORKS, is CTO & Head of R&D at Eurobots. The tools encode the first questions asked on real robot projects, without the sales call. More about the robotics work