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Robotics & Automation

Robotics and automation, starting from your process.

Whether you’re exploring your first robot, improving an existing cell or looking for the right equipment, we start with the job you need to accomplish—not a particular robot model.

I work with Eurobots and ReBots to help turn application requirements into practical options, from equipment selection and technical evaluation to R&D and proof of concept.

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A DOBOT CR10 cobot arm in a protective cover guides a MIG/MAG welding torch over weld seams on a perforated welding table.
Cobot welding package, tested at Eurobots (opens in a new tab).
Who you work with Alex Ye Xu, Eurobots, ReBots

Who you work with

Alex Ye Xu
CTO & Head of R&D at Eurobots. Your technical contact: application review, technology selection, R&D and proof of concept.
Eurobots (opens in a new tab)
Industrial robots, new and refurbished, spare parts, maintenance, welding and complete robotic cells. Founded in 2001 in Zamudio, next to Bilbao.
ReBots (opens in a new tab)
A Eurobots spin-off focused on cobots, AMR/AGV, vision, educational robotics and proof-of-concept projects.

The right approach depends on your project. Equipment supply, technical evaluation, proof of concept and full integration are different scopes, with delivery and responsibilities agreed for each project.

Find your robotics solution

Not sure what solution fits? Start here.

Tell us a little about the process you want to automate. The guide will suggest an initial direction and the questions worth checking next. You don’t need to provide contact details, and the result isn’t a formal engineering assessment.

Step 1 of 3

What do you need to automate?
Make or process parts
Move, pack and see
Existing robots, training and new ideas

Your recommended direction

Recommended direction to explore

3D vision-guided robotics

3D cameras locate parts so a robot can pick them, including random bin picking.

Best for bin picking, mixed parts, or when part position is never the same.

Why it may fit
  • Picks directly from bins and mixed loads.
  • Works with most robot brands.
  • Validated on your real parts before integration.
Typical system
  1. 3D camera
  2. Vision software and calibration
  3. Robot or cobot
  4. Gripper suited to the parts
  5. Testing and integration
Relevant capabilities
  • 2D/3D vision
  • Collaborative robots
  • Industrial robots, new and refurbished
  • Grippers and end-of-arm tooling
  • Proof-of-concept testing
  • Integration and commissioning
Technologies we would typically evaluate
  • Mech-Mind 3D cameras and vision software
  • 2D and 3D vision
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Vision inspection and measurement

Cameras check presence, quality or dimensions, with or without a robot handling the part.

Best when every part needs the same check, not a sample.

Why it may fit
  • Every part is checked against the same criteria.
  • A robot can sort good and rejected parts.
  • Feasibility depends on defect size and lighting, so it is tested first.
Typical system
  1. 2D or 3D camera
  2. Lighting and fixtures
  3. Inspection software
  4. Robot to present or sort parts (optional)
  5. Integration and commissioning
Relevant capabilities
  • 2D/3D vision
  • Proof-of-concept testing
  • PLC and machine interfaces
  • Integration and commissioning
Technologies we would typically evaluate
  • Mech-Mind 3D cameras
  • 2D vision
Related work
Explore technical details

First-pass guidance, not an engineering assessment. The final system depends on payload, reach, accuracy, cycle time, environment, safety, process, tooling, integration and budget.

Free planning tools

All engineering tools

These tools provide preliminary planning estimates. They do not replace a detailed engineering assessment, final equipment specification or formal quotation.

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All capabilities

Applications

What could you automate?

Most robotics projects start with something practical: repetitive handling, inconsistent production, difficult-to-fill tasks, heavy components or a process that needs more flexibility. These are some of the applications we help customers explore.

Applications in practice

Robotic & cobot welding

Consistent welds on repeat parts, without depending on scarce skilled welders for every one of them.

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Technical fit & technologies
Suitable when
  • Recurring parts and long or multi-pass weld sequences
  • Small batches and frequent changes with a cobot welding package
  • Upgrading an existing welding cell
Typical technologies
  • Arc (MIG/MAG), spot, stud and laser welding robots
  • Welding sources, positioners and rotary tables
  • DOBOT CR10 MIG/MAG welding package

One process, two architectures

We choose between them from your parts and production, not from a catalogue. What decides it:

  • Batch size
  • Changeover frequency
  • Payload and reach
  • Cycle time
  • Part size and fixturing
  • Welding process
  • Operator involvement
  • Risk assessment
  • Industrial robot welding
    • Long runs, high throughput or a short takt
    • Heavy or large parts and long seams
    • Spot, stud or laser welding

    Industrial robot, welding package, positioner or track, guarded cell.

  • Mixed or unclear?

    An engineering evaluation compares both on your parts before you decide.

  • Collaborative (cobot) welding
    • Small batches and frequent product changes
    • Welders set up each job and teach by hand
    • Parts and torch within cobot payload and reach

    Cobot, welding package, table and fixtures, with screens and guarding set by the risk assessment.

On both paths A risk assessment decides guarding, welding screens and fume extraction. A collaborative arm does not remove arc radiation, fumes, spatter, hot parts, pinch points or the motion of the torch and surrounding equipment.

Machine tending

Machines wait for an operator to load the next part — or operators spend whole shifts doing it.

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Technical fit & technologies
Suitable when
  • CNC machining centres and lathes
  • Presses and injection moulding machines
  • Extended or lightly staffed shifts
Typical technologies
  • Cobots or industrial robots
  • Single and double grippers
  • Machine interfaces, PLC and linear tracks

Milling, cutting and finishing

Large or 3D parts that are slow, dusty or inconsistent to trim, deburr or finish by hand.

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Technical fit & technologies
Suitable when
  • Large-format milling and trimming
  • Deburring, grinding and polishing
  • Laser cutting and welding
Typical technologies
  • Robotic milling and cutting cell
  • Spindles, rotary tables and CAD/CAM paths
  • TRUMPF lasers for welding or cutting

Pick, place and handling

Repetitive transfers between conveyors, trays and machines that tie up people.

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Technical fit & technologies
Suitable when
  • Parts in fixed positions
  • Parts in varying positions, found by vision
  • Picking from bins
Typical technologies
  • Industrial robots, cobots and SCARA robots
  • Grippers from OnRobot, DH Robotics and SCHUNK
  • 2D and 3D vision

Palletizing and depalletizing

Heavy, repetitive end-of-line work that is hard on people and hard to staff.

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Technical fit & technologies
Suitable when
  • One line with a compact cobot cell
  • Several lines or heavy loads with an industrial robot
  • Mixed boxes and depalletizing with 3D vision
Typical technologies
  • Palletizing robots and cobots with lifting columns
  • Vacuum, box and layer grippers
  • Mech-Mind 3D vision

Assembly

Repetitive placing, insertion and screwdriving where every unit has to be the same.

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Technical fit & technologies
Suitable when
  • Screwdriving with automatic screw feeding
  • Insertion and press-fit with force sensing
  • Kitting and component placement
Typical technologies
  • Cobots and industrial robots
  • Tool changers and screwdriving tools
  • Force/torque sensors and vision

Technologies

Choosing the right technology.

The application comes first. These are some of the technologies and approaches that may help.

Cobots and flexible automation

Collaborative robots work close to people and are quick to re-teach, which suits changing tasks and smaller batches. Collaborative does not mean automatically safe: every application still needs its own risk assessment, and some still need guarding.

Typical uses & technologies
  • Machine tending
  • Welding
  • Inspection
  • Laboratory automation
  • Assembly
  • Pick and place
  • Education

Cobots in the Eurobots and ReBots range include DOBOT, KUKA LBR iisy, Omron/Techman, Universal Robots and JAKA.

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Vision-guided robotics

Cameras let a robot find, check and measure parts instead of relying on perfect positioning. We start by testing your real parts, because lighting, surfaces and tolerances decide what is feasible.

Typical uses & technologies
  • 2D location
  • 3D vision and bin picking
  • Inspection and defect detection
  • Measurement
  • Mixed-box depalletizing

Mech-Mind 3D cameras and vision software, 2D vision and robot calibration, with most robot brands.

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Mobile robotics

Autonomous mobile robots move material without fixed conveyors or floor tracks. With a cobot on top, they can also handle parts at each station.

Typical uses & technologies
  • Bins and carts between areas
  • Connecting production stations
  • Warehouse and lifting transport
  • Mobile manipulation
  • R&D and pilots

YOUIBOT AMR platforms and lifting series, automatic chargers and the ReBots mobile manipulator (AMR + cobot).

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Education and training

A complete learning setup, not just a robot.

We help design the whole educational setup: robot, tooling, safety, PLC, vision and mobile robotics, chosen for what students need to learn and scoped like an industrial cell.

Details
For
  • Vocational training (FP)
  • Universities and R&D laboratories
  • Schools and STEM programmes
  • Training centres and corporate training
Options
  • Educational robots and STEAM kits
  • Educational and industrial cobots
  • Robot + PLC + vision training cells
  • Mobile robots for teaching
Typical technologies
DOBOT Magician, Magician Lite, Magician E6 and Magician GO; DOBOT CR series cobots.
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ReBots R&D and proof of concept

Test the hard part before you invest in the rest.

ReBots, the Eurobots spin-off, works on newer technologies: cobots, AMRs, vision and mobile manipulation. A proof of concept tests the riskiest part of an idea on real parts and gives a clear go/no-go.

Details
Questions a PoC answers
  • Can the robot pick this part reliably?
  • Can an AMR and a cobot work together at this station?
  • Is the cycle time realistic?
  • Which architecture should the real system use?
Typical technologies
Cobots, AMR/AGV, 2D/3D vision, AI-assisted perception, communication gateways and IoT.
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Complete robotic cells

A successful robot application needs more than a robot.

A working robotic application brings together the robot, tooling, sensing, control, safety, material flow, software and the people responsible for operating and supporting it. The engineering work is not only selecting each component, but making sure the complete system fits the process.

Welding, machine-tending, milling, palletizing, inspection and educational cells, and mobile-manipulation pilots.

  1. Vision 2D/3D cameras find and check the part
  2. Robot and tooling Arm with gripper, torch or spindle
  3. Process Fixture, part handling and the work itself

Control and safety

  • Robot controller Motion, programs, I/O
  • PLC and HMI Cell logic and the operator screen
  • Safety Guarding, scanners and interlocks from the risk assessment

Linked by industrial communications

Material and data

  • Peripherals and infeed Conveyors, positioners, tables, feeders
  • Mobile material flow (optional) AMRs bring and take parts where it fits
  • Software and data Offline programming, recipes and production data

Parts in, parts out, data back

Engineering and support Design, simulation, integration, commissioning, training and service around the whole cell

A cell is a connected system: the robot sits in the process flow, tied to control, safety, material and data, with engineering around all of it.

Engineering and consulting

When I review an automation idea, I look beyond the robot arm: tooling, sensing, control, safety, production flow and the people who will use the system all matter. My role is to help identify the technical direction, evaluate uncertainties and make the handoffs between equipment, engineers, suppliers and integrators clearer.

  • Application review
  • Technology and robot selection
  • Feasibility assessment
  • Robotics architecture
  • PoC and integration planning
  • Technology benchmarking
  • R&D collaboration

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Different scopes, agreed per project

Robot and equipment supply
Eurobots supplies new and refurbished robots, components and spare parts. Supplying equipment does not by itself include integration.
Application concept
Reviewing the process and outlining a technical direction: robot type, tooling, sensing and layout.
Feasibility and proof of concept
Testing the uncertain part of an idea on real parts before committing to the complete system.
Agreed engineering and implementation
Eurobots designs, simulates, programs offline, commissions and supports robotic cells where that work is part of the agreed scope.
Customer, integrator and specialist responsibilities
Work assigned to you, your integrator or specialist suppliers stays with the party named in the project scope.

For every project, final machine safety validation, commissioning and acceptance are defined in the agreed scope.

Supply and service

Already have a robot, or know what equipment you need?

Not every enquiry begins with a new automation project. Sometimes you already know the equipment you need, want to extend the life of an existing robot or need help with a specific technical problem.

Industrial robots

New and refurbished industrial robots with their controllers, for new projects or to replace a robot in an existing cell.

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What this covers
  • Refurbished robots, inspected before delivery
  • New robots for new automation projects
  • Payload and reach matched to the application
  • KUKA, ABB, FANUC, Yaskawa-Motoman, Kawasaki and Stäubli, among others

Components and accessories

The robot and the ecosystem around it, supplied or integrated together.

What this covers
  • Grippers, tool changers and end-of-arm tooling
  • Vision systems and sensors
  • Positioners, rotary tables and linear tracks
  • Welding equipment, controllers and cabling

Maintenance and repair

Get a stopped robot running again, and keep the others from stopping.

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What this covers
  • Diagnosis and troubleshooting
  • Mechanical and electronic repair
  • Preventive maintenance
  • Component replacement and recommissioning

Retrofit and modernization

Reuse existing investment where it makes technical and economic sense — and replace only what has to change.

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What this covers
  • Robot refurbishment or replacement
  • Controller, electronics and safety upgrades
  • New tooling, vision and external axes
  • New application requirements and recommissioning

How we can help

A conversation is a good place to start.

You don’t need a completed specification. Tell me what you’re trying to improve, what you’ve already considered and where you’re unsure. A photo, drawing or approximate production requirement can help, but isn’t essential for an initial discussion.

Then, depending on the project:

  1. Clarify requirements

    Understand the process, its constraints and the outcome you want.

  2. Evaluate options

    Consider equipment, approaches, feasibility and project constraints.

  3. Test critical assumptions

    A focused technical evaluation or proof of concept, if the project needs one.

  4. Define delivery scope

    Clarify equipment, engineering, responsibilities, interfaces and deliverables.

  5. Implement with agreed responsibilities

    Supply equipment, and undertake or coordinate the integration and engineering in scope.

  6. Support and improve

    Maintenance, training and improvements, as agreed.

Eurobots, ReBots and Alex Ye Xu

Have a project, a question or an idea worth discussing?

Whether you’re looking for a robot, reviewing an automation concept, exploring a technical partnership or simply unsure where to start, I’d be glad to hear what you’re working on.

A first conversation doesn’t have to be a sales meeting. We can start by understanding the application and deciding whether there’s a useful next step.

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