A robotic system purchase can be motivated by a desire to do something more intelligently. Once the system has fulfilled its purpose and after all the upgrades, the materials that are freed up can be recycled. Several professionals will work on the robotic system along the way.
Robotisation starts with the identification and initial planning of the need and the goal. The robotic system itself is produced in a robotisation project, where the robot cell is designed in detail, assembled and first tested by the supplier, and then installed and finally commissioned by the end client. The life cycle of a robot starts at the design table, continues in production, progresses to easier tasks as the joints loosen, and finally ends in recycling. Of all the life cycle phases, production use is the longest. A robot can be in production for more than ten years, and from time to time modernised and customised to new tasks, even for decades.