A collaborative robot works in the same space as your people, often with no fence or guarding. That changes what the EOAT is allowed to be - and it's a design brief we take seriously, so your cobot stays collaborative in practice, not just on paper.
Collaborative applications rely on power and force limiting to keep contact with a person below injury thresholds. That means the EOAT has to stay simple: fewer moving parts, no sharp edges or pinch points, low mass, and nothing that adds unexpected force or speed to the robot's motion. Complexity that would be fine on a fenced six-axis cell isn't an option here.
That's not a limitation we work around - it's a design brief we take seriously.
Box erecting is one of the most common collaborative applications we build for, and a good example of what this looks like in practice: EOAT that folds, forms, and places with the reach and repeatability of a cobot, working right next to the people running the line.
The same approach applies wherever a cobot is picking, placing, packing, or assembling alongside your team, not walled off from it.
That's a common starting point, and it's fine. If you're not sure which cobot suits the job, we can help with robot selection. And if you can't quite picture how the finished cell will work, we simulate it during the design process so you can see it before anything's built.
A close, three-stage process from first conversation through to a finished cobot solution - click a stage below to see how it works.
Every detail about your product, your process, and your constraints - before design work starts. Nothing about the brief gets assumed; if a spec sheet or drawing leaves a question unanswered, we ask it now rather than guessing later.
We attend sites to look at the real-life scenario, not just drawings and data sheets. Seeing the actual line, the actual part, and the actual space it has to fit into catches the details a spec sheet alone never would.
We stay close to you throughout, so the product stays the priority, not just hitting a deadline. Bespoke EOAT, engineered for your application, built for the long run, and built to keep your cobot genuinely collaborative in practice, not just on paper.
Fox Precision have consistently delivered high-quality precision-engineered components and end-of-arm tooling solutions. Their expertise, responsiveness, and attention to detail have been instrumental in supporting our projects and maintaining reliable, high-performing manufacturing operations. We value them as a trusted and professional engineering partner.