Mobile Manipulators
Mobile bases with arms — when one platform beats a fixed arm plus an AMR.
The mobile manipulator vendor RFP: questions and red flags
A mobile manipulator RFP needs different questions than a fixed-arm or AMR RFP. Here is the question set that separates production-ready platforms from research…
A 90-day playbook for your first mobile manipulation task
Most mobile manipulation pilots fail not from bad hardware but from poor task selection, under-specified fixturing, and skipped safety steps. A structured 90-da…
Decision framework: mobile manipulator vs fixed arm vs AMR + manual
A structured decision framework for choosing between a mobile manipulator, a fixed arm, and an AMR with manual handling — grounded in the tradeoffs that matter …
Payback analysis for the top mobile manipulator use cases
Multi-station machine tending, lab automation, and kitting each hit different utilisation profiles. Here is the payback model for each — and the utilisation thr…
The real cost of a mobile manipulation cell
The purchase price of a mobile manipulator is rarely the largest line item in the total cost of ownership. Integration engineering, safety, and downtime costs r…
When a mobile manipulator beats a fixed arm — and when it doesn't
Most plants that buy a mobile manipulator expect it to replace both a fixed arm and an AMR. Here is the framework for when the combined platform actually wins —…