Process Assessment for
Industrial Robots
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    Industrial Robots
    NAVIGATION
    • ASSESSMENT
    • RESULTS
    • ABOUT
    • FORUM
    • USER GUIDE
    EXTRAS
    • RESOURCES
      ROI Calculator Case Studies Robot/EOAT Finder Resource Locator
    • CONTRIBUTE
      Share Experience Update Robot/EOAT Suggestions
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    Getting started

    Overview

    This website is a collection of tools designed to standardize and simplify the robotics selection process. There are several tools available on the website with more to come in the future. Our goal is to reduce barriers to robotic adoption for decision makers.

    Key Features

    This website contains four key features.

    • Questionnaire and quantitative evaluation of payoff vs. difficulty
    • A standardized system requirements report
    • A robot and end of arm tooling browser
    • A Return On Investment (ROI) Calculator

    Getting started

    Create an account and wait 1-2 days to receive a confirmation email that it has been approved. The default trial period is 7 days before you will need to request an extension.

    Create an assessment for each manufacturing process you are considering for industrial robotics. After filling out the questionnaire, you will be presented with a few robots that match your criteria. Each robot will be evaluated and results will be shown on the dashboard. This is helpful to compare the scores for different processes and robots.

    1. Navigate to the "ASSESSMENT" page
      2.  This is the default page after logging in to your account but you can click ASSESSMENT on the left navigation bar..

    2. Create, edit, duplicate, or delete
      3.  Hover over the three dots next to an assessment on the left navbar to edit, duplicate, or delete an assessment. You can create a new assessment by clicking the "ADD NEW" button on the navbar or under "My Saved Assessments"

    3. Open an assessment and fill out the questionnaire
      4.  You can get more information and tips about the questionnaire by clicking on the help icon. There are also information icons next to most questions for more contextual details to help you fill out the assessment. Questions can be left blank but the more you fill out, the more accurate the results will be. Use the blue person icon (top right) to share assessment permissions with other users. Note, they must have a valid account on the roboteval.com website.

    4. Select the robots to use for evaluation
      5.  Go to the ROBOT SELECTION tab after completing the questionnaire. Move the slider to select the number of robots you want to evaluate. This list of robots is populated based on your answers to the questionnaire. This is not a complete list and should only be used as a guide to get you started - there are likely more options available. If you have a specific robot in mind, feel free to add it manually using the dropdowns. *NOTE: Each time you click "Evaluate" it will clear any prior results for this assessment.

    The results page brings together your assessments and allows you to compare the tradeoffs of each one. You can generate a report to share with a system integrator or internal team, reducing the time and effort it takes to specify requirements. Maybe you want to plug in numbers for your organization to get a rough estimate of the Return on Investment (ROI), or perhaps you just want to drill deeper into the assessment score, or you want to see the robot specifications side by side.

    1. Score dashboard
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      The score dashboard is designed to give each user the flexibility to drill down into as much detail as they need. The first chart is a four quadrant PICK chart for payoff vs. difficulty. Ideal scores will be in the top left quadrant with a high payoff and low difficulty. Next to the PICK chart is a radar chart with a bit more detail. Here you can quickly see the four factors for payoff (Financial, Customer, Internal Business, and Innovation) and two factors for difficulty (Organizational and Technical). If you still want more detail, you can check out the Parameter Scores table and/or the Sunburst diagram which shows all of the factors that feed into the final score.

    2. Questionnaire inputs
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      Do you want to revisit your answers to the questionnaire or compare one to another? This tab convieniently shows the answers to each question side-by-side for each assessment. This can be useful to show a system integrator so they understand the differences between your potential applications.

    3. Robot comparison
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      This tab shows the robot specifications side-by-side. This can be useful for comparing the tradeoffs to help narrow in on a specific robot for your application.

    4. Return On Investment
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      ROI can be a key factor in the decision to implement robotics but there are a lot of components to consider. This comprehensive form helps simplify the financial comparison between your operations with and without a robotic system. The ROI form can be used independently from an assessment as well. There is a blue information icon that can give you more details about the formulas used in the ROI calculation.

    This website provides helpful resources in addition to the assessment tool. You can find these on these under the "EXTRAS" section on the left navbar. We will expand the content as more users join the site and share their robotics experience.

    1. Robot and End Of Arm Tooling Filter
      2.  If you are just starting out and do not want to do a full assessment, you can browse through our database of existing robots and end of arm tooling from dozens of suppliers. We pulled the information together in one place so you do not have to jump from website to website searching for a robotic solution that will fit your needs. *Note: We periodically check for new robots so some of the newest robots may not show up in the list yet.

    2. Forum
      3.  The forum has been created to facilitate knowledge transfer within the robotics community. We hope this will help reduce redundant efforts, clarify the unknowns, and simplify the process. Feel free to share your lessons learned, risks, tips and success stories with others.

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