Compare the installed system with the cost of today’s process
There is no responsible single price for every pick-and-place application. The arm may be only one part of the installed cell, and two similar-looking tasks can require very different presentation, tooling, safety and integration work.
A practical budget can include the robot, controller, base, gripper, product infeed, conveyors or feeders, sensing or vision, guarding, PLC and HMI, electrical hardware, software, testing, documentation, installation and commissioning. Existing equipment condition, site interfaces and shutdown constraints also affect the final scope.
Payback should be based on measurable changes: operating hours, redeployable labour, additional saleable output, reduced scrap or damage, improved consistency, changeover time, maintenance and expected availability. A fast arm does not create value if products are not presented reliably or the downstream machine is already the constraint.
The quickest route to a useful budget is to share product samples or dimensions, target throughput, a short video of the current process, available space, product variants and the upstream and downstream equipment. That lets the concept focus on the actual production bottleneck.
Start with your product and target rate
Send product details, variants, current-process photos or video, target output and available space. We will use them to identify the right feasibility work and the simplest reliable cell concept.