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Industrial Robotics

Put your skilled people on skilled work and let a robotics cell carry the repetitive load. You hit higher output without another hire.

Industrial Robotics

Put your skilled people on skilled work and let a robotics cell carry the repetitive load. You hit higher output without another hire.

More output, same headcount

Engineered, not resold

Payback in 12 to 36 months

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Types of Industrial Robots We Integrate

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Articulated Robots

What this does

Multi-axis arms for welding, machine tending, palletizing, and material handling. Highest flexibility and the widest payload range.

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Cartesian Robots

What this does

Three-axis linear systems for large-part handling, CNC tending, and predictable straight-line moves.

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Collaborative Robots

What this does

Multi-axis arms for welding, machine tending, palletizing, and material handling. Highest flexibility and the widest payload range.

Three Problems Costing You Money

You can't hire fast enough, and the team you have is buried in overtime. Operators retire and replacements don't show.

Quality drifts from shift to shift. Tired hands mean scrap, rework, and parts that miss spec.

One or two stations choke the whole line. Product piles up at the slowest spot and your output is capped no matter how hard everyone runs.

 

We engineer the cell, then choose the robot

You get the application scoped first, so the robot fits your cycle times, payloads, and part variance.

You get a recommendation that tracks your line, not a catalog. The robot that fits, from the brand that fits.

You get one team that engineers the cell, specifies the robot, and installs it, so nothing gets lost between vendors.

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Testimonials

"When someone asks if they should automate, my answer is simple, call HOJ. I may not know every detail of automation, but I know they do"

- Mike Haslam

"Container unloading was hard on our workers. HOJ’s powered conveyor eliminated heavy lifting and turned it into a safer automated process."

- Michael Moser

"Automation removed a lot of manual prep work by automatically batching tasks based on our criteria. It freed up supervisors and managers and made daily execution much simpler."

- Todd Peay

"Having a local automation partner makes a huge difference. Being able to meet on site, walk the operation, and talk through ideas in real time leads to better solutions than phone calls or video meetings ever could."

- Scott Bryan

Industrial Robotics By Hoj Innovations

What waiting one more quarter costs

Every quarter you wait, your overtime grows, another skilled operator retires, an employee doesn’t show up for their shift and a competitor in your category quotes faster and tighter than you can.

By 2030, 2.1 million manufacturing jobs are projected to go unfilled. The teams that wait are the teams that get priced out of bids.

 

What a working cell looks like

Your articulated arm welds nights and weekends. Your cobot tends the CNC while your machinist runs setups.

Throughput climbs without another hire, and your team focuses on the work that builds your margin.

Automated Robotic Arms Working in Unison on a Conveyor Line
Built and Backed By Hoj Innovations

Built and backed in-house

One team designs your cell, specifies the robot, runs the install, and supports the line after go-live.

Your project never gets handed off, and your service call never goes to a stranger.



How To Get Started

Tell us what's broken

Walk us through your bottleneck, your overtime, the station that can't keep up. We diagnose before we prescribe, then write up your system requirements.

Get the scoped proposal

You get the full scope along with the hardware we recommend and a timeline that shows when you go live.

Run the new cell

Higher throughput, lower overtime, fewer scrap parts coming off the cell.


Service After the Line Goes Live

Preventive maintenance scheduled around your production calendar. Common wear items on the shelf, ready to ship.

Sensor-based monitoring and uptime reporting that catch failures before they cost you a shift.

And when the line faults, you call one number, not three.

Plan your next industrial robotics project


Reach out and an HOJ engineer will scope the cell, recommend the robot, and give you a payback range you can defend.

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FAQs

What is industrial robotics?

Industrial robotics is the engineering discipline of designing, programming, and integrating programmable robots that perform repeatable manufacturing and material handling tasks.

Industrial robots typically have three to seven axes of motion, payloads from under one kilogram to over a thousand, and run continuous-duty cycles under safety standards including ANSI/RIA R15.06 and ISO 10218.

The first industrial robot, Unimate, went online at General Motors in 1961.

 

What are industrial robots used for?

Industrial robots are used for welding, material handling, machine tending, assembly, palletizing, packaging, painting, and dispensing across automotive, electronics, food and beverage, metal fabrication, and pharmaceutical lines.

They run high-volume repetitive tasks at higher speed, tighter repeatability, and longer duty cycles than manual labor.

In warehouses and distribution centers, robotic sortation systems and automated storage extend the same technology into order fulfillment.

What are the main types of industrial robots?

The six main types of industrial robots are articulated, SCARA, delta, cartesian (gantry), cylindrical, and collaborative robots.

  1. Articulated arms handle welding, palletizing, and machine tending.
  2. SCARA
  3. Delta robots run high-speed assembly and packaging.
  4. Cartesian gantries handle large parts.
  5. Cylindrical robots fit tight footprints.
  6. Cobot systems run alongside operators without safety cages, which makes them common in first automation projects.

 

While there are 6 types Hoj installs systems around Articulated Arm Robots, Cartesian Gantry Robots, and Cobot Systems.

What's the difference between an industrial robot and a cobot?

Industrial robots are fixed, high-payload, high-speed arms that run inside safety enclosures, built for repetitive high-volume production.

Cobots, short for collaborative robots, are force-limited arms that share workspace with operators without safety cages, built for lower-payload, mixed-volume, or first-time automation projects.

Most modern plants run both: industrial robots handle the high-volume cells and cobot systems handle the in-between tasks that don't justify a caged installation.

How much do industrial robots cost?

The cost of industrial robots depends on payload, reach, and how much of the cell needs to be engineered around the application. A standalone arm sits at the low end.

A fully integrated cell, with end-of-arm tooling, safety fencing, vision, controls, and installation, costs more. Cobot cells typically cost less than caged industrial cells.

Most industrial cells target a 12 to 36 month payback, with cobots often closer to 6 to 18 months.

 

What are the benefits of industrial robotics?

Industrial robotics raises throughput, lowers overtime, tightens repeatability, and frees skilled operators from repetitive work.

Robots run at roughly 95 percent duty-cycle efficiency compared to 20 to 25 percent for manual labor on the same shift.

Repeatability typically lands at ±0.02 to ±0.05 millimeters versus ±0.5 to ±1.0 millimeter for skilled hand work, which means lower scrap rates and tighter quality tolerances on every part.

How do I know if my line is ready for industrial robotics?

Your line is ready for industrial robotics when you have a repeatable task, measurable cycle times, and a labor or throughput problem that costs measurable money.

Lines with stable part variety, predictable demand, and clear hand-off points pay back fastest.

If the application is new, custom, or low-volume, a cobot or material handling automation cell usually carries lower risk and shorter payback than a full caged industrial cell.

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Whether it’s a project, product, repair or service, let’s chat to see if we can make your warehouse operations more efficient.

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REACH OUT TO US TODAY

Whether it’s a project, product, repair or service, let’s chat to see if we can make your warehouse operations more efficient.

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