Example · Robotics & special machine building
An app of your own for your robotics or special machine business
For a machine builder that builds custom robot cells and special machines and maintains them for years, we build one app from quote to service, with the parts and history of every machine in one place.
Your working day today
Every machine is different, so every quote starts again in a spreadsheet. Once the order is in, the parts list (BOM) is exported from the CAD package and turned into purchase orders by hand, and long-lead parts are easily ordered too late. Design, purchasing, assembly and commissioning run through email and a shared calendar. When a machine stops at your customer’s site years later, the service engineer has to work out which parts and which software version are in it.
What we build
For a robotics or special machine builder we build four parts, for the office, the workshop and the service engineer on the road. We lay the foundation: the technology, the database, sign-in and security, hosting and maintenance. On top of it we build:
- Quote builder: quotes assembled from building blocks with cost prices, margins and lead times.
- Parts lists and purchasing: import a BOM from an export, link articles, create purchase orders and track lead times.
- Project planning: design, purchasing, assembly, factory acceptance test and commissioning per project, with milestones.
- Machine file and service: configuration, documentation and every service visit per delivered machine, also filled in from a phone.
Timeline and price
- Timeline: we expect a first version with the machine file and the parts lists within 4 to 8 weeks. The quote builder and project planning follow in the rounds after that.
- Price: the prototype is free. Going live costs a one-off €1,500, then from €199 per month, with hosting, backups and changes by the factory every month. A link to your CAD package or ERP is part of Your own AI factory, from €599 per month.
- After that: you steer and grow the app step by step; we take care of hosting, backups and maintenance. Your first app is free. Want more? Unpinned can run your own AI factory, or we can build together (Build together from €199 per session).
Does this sound like your business?
Tell us how your business works and where it is stuck today. In a first conversation we look together at what the foundation could be for you.