HEKONE robotic automation system operating inside a modern factory

Custom Robotics & Automation

Custom automation systems designed around your process to eliminate repetitive work, improve quality, and increase productivity.

Custom
Solutions
Higher
Productivity
Built for Your
Environment
HEKONE robotic material handling system operating inside a modern factory
What We Automate

We automate the work that slows you down.

From welding cells to material handling, machine tending, packaging, and custom mechanisms, we design automation around the process you already have.

What We Automate

Automation built around the way your operation actually works.

We focus on repetitive, labor-intensive, difficult-to-staff, and quality-sensitive processes where a custom mechanical or robotic system can create measurable value.

Material Handling

Move, orient, transfer, stack, and position parts between production steps.

Pick & Place

Custom gripping and motion systems for repetitive part transfer and placement.

Machine Tending

Automate loading and unloading of CNC machines, presses, fixtures, and production equipment.

Welding Automation

Custom fixtures, positioning systems, robotic welding concepts, and repetitive weld automation.

Inspection

Vision-assisted or sensor-based inspection for presence, position, dimensions, and quality checks.

Packaging

Case handling, product orientation, stacking, packing, and end-of-line automation.

Custom Mechanisms

Purpose-built mechanisms when an off-the-shelf robot is not the most efficient answer.

Fixtures & Tooling

Custom workholding, assembly fixtures, indexing systems, and operator-assist tooling.

Start With the Process

Still doing it by hand?

Show us the repetitive task. We will evaluate the motion, cycle time, handling requirements, safety constraints, and production environment before recommending a solution.

Manufacturing Food & Beverage Metal Fabrication Packaging Agriculture Material Handling

Good automation candidates often look like this:

One or more operators repeatedly perform the same physical sequence throughout a shift.

Pick → orient → place → repeat
Load machine → wait → unload → repeat
Catch → bundle → stack → repeat
Position → weld → reposition → repeat
Inspect → sort → pack → repeat
HEKONE custom mobile welding robot operating on a large steel structure
Custom Robotics

Built around the job.
Not around the robot.

When standard automation doesn't fit the process, we design custom robotic systems built around the task, workspace, and operating environment.

Mobile RoboticsWelding AutomationCustom Mechanisms
How We Work

From factory-floor problem to deployable system.

1

Observe

We review the task, layout, part flow, cycle time, operator interaction, and constraints.

2

Design

We develop the mechanical concept, CAD, fixtures, robotics, controls, and safety approach.

3

Build & Test

We fabricate and integrate the system, then test the real workflow before deployment.

4

Deploy

We install, refine, and optimize the solution around your actual production environment.

HEKONE end-of-line palletizing and packaging automation system
End-of-Line Automation

Move more.
Handle less.

Automate repetitive packaging, palletizing, and material handling tasks with systems designed around your workflow.

PalletizingPackagingMaterial Handling
HEKONE autonomous mobile robot transporting materials through a modern factory

AUTONOMOUS. FLEXIBLE. EFFICIENT.

Autonomous mobile robots that navigate dynamically, adapt seamlessly, and keep your operations moving.

Smart Navigation
Flexible Integration
Operational Efficiency
Discuss Your Process

Have a repetitive process you think could be automated?

Send us a short description, photo, or video of the task. We can start by evaluating whether custom automation makes sense for the process.