At first glance, industrial robot specification sheets look fairly straightforward. Typically, there's a picture of the particular model, looking sleek and stylish, unblemished by external cabling, end-of-arm tooling, feed mechanisms and safety guards. Then there are the quoted figures: number of axes, maximum payload, reach, repeatability, maximum speed, cycle time and installation footprint. All these specifications seem comparable, manufacturer to manufacturer, so it's like buying a car or a TV, surely... Actually, it's not. During my many years designing and commissioning robot workcells, I've encountered many mistakes and oversights when specifying a robot for a particular task.
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