ROBOTICS PROOF OF CONCEPT RENTAL SCHEME
See it. Prove it. Then Invest.
REMOVE THE RISK FROM AUTOMATION INVESTMENT
WHY MANUFACTURERS CHOOSE A PROOF OF CONCEPT
Many businesses recognise the benefits of automation but face common challenges:
Capital expenditure approval can be difficult without proven results.
Production teams want reassurance that the technology will work in their environment.
Labour shortages continue to impact productivity and growth.
Quality and consistency targets become harder to achieve through manual processes alone.
Health and safety concerns can arise from repetitive or physically demanding tasks.
A robotics trial allows you to evaluate the benefits using real-world production data from your own facility, reducing risk and providing the evidence needed to support investment decisions.
A SMARTER ROUTE TO AUTOMATION
BUILD YOUR BUSINESS CASE WITH CONFIDENCE
A Proof of Concept trial enables you to track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) used to measure the outcome of the robotics PoC:
Productivity improvements
Labour savings
Cycle time reductions
Quality and consistency improvements
Health and safety benefits
Return on investment potential
Instead of relying on theoretical calculations, you gain measurable evidence from your own process, making it easier to secure internal approval, justify capital expenditure, or if you are a SME support funding applications such as Made Smarter, while also showing how automation can reduce direct and overhead costs in manufacturing, inform decisions around labor costs and energy consumption, and support risk mitigation before full-scale deployment, with trial evidence also helping demonstrate lower environmental impact through less waste and better process efficiency.
Investing in automation can deliver significant gains in productivity, quality and efficiency, but committing capital to a new robotics project often requires evidence that the solution will perform as expected in your own production environment.
Our Robotics Proof of Concept Rental Scheme removes the uncertainty.
Rather than making a major capital investment based on assumptions, you can trial a robotic solution within your operation, focus first on the highest-risk assumptions, and build a robust business case before committing to a permanent installation, while capturing structured feedback from users and stakeholders during testing. Each trial should target a single hypothesis or operational bottleneck, rather than trying to prove everything at once for your company.
A robotics PoC is narrower than a production prototype and is designed to prove feasibility, helping you validate emerging technology before wider investment.
It's a practical, low-risk approach that allows you to validate the technology, measure the results, and use tangible operational data to secure stakeholder buy-in before permanent installation, while helping manufacturers assess new technologies with less risk.
WHY MANUFACTURERS CHOOSE A PROOF OF CONCEPT
Many businesses recognise the benefits of automation but face common challenges:
Capital expenditure approval can be difficult without proven results.
Production teams want reassurance that the technology will work in their environment.
Labour shortages continue to impact productivity and growth.
Quality and consistency targets become harder to achieve through manual processes alone.
Health and safety concerns can arise from repetitive or physically demanding tasks.
For UK manufacturers and other asset-intensive businesses—including operations managers, site managers, factory managers, project managers, procurement teams and maintenance managers—a robotics proof of concept gives a direct way to test robotic systems before committing to a full automation project. Total Automated Solutions’ Robotics Proof of Concept Rental Scheme lets you trial the concept in your own facility across a wider range of manufacturing processes, measure performance with real production data, and build a practical business case around productivity, quality, machine tending, pick and place and workforce support as a practical route into robotic automation. It also helps assess whether the robot system can be integrated into your existing production line. It demonstrates feasibility before full development investment, gives a realistic environment assessment for robotic systems, and helps identify fundamental technical problems with programming, sensors, and operating procedures early, before wider rollout or permanent installation.
SUPPORTING YOUR WORKFORCE
Automation is not about replacing people.
The most successful manufacturers use robotics to support their workforce, with collaborative robots working safely alongside human workers, unlike traditional industrial robots that typically run in more separated, guarded setups, by removing repetitive, physically demanding and low-value tasks. This allows employees to focus on higher-value activities that require skill, judgement and experience, while robotic solutions can reduce reliance on manual workers for repetitive or physically demanding tasks, especially in harsh conditions.
The result is often:
Reduced operator fatigue
Improved workplace safety
Lower risk of repetitive strain injuries
Greater employee satisfaction
Improved staff retention
More efficient use of skilled labour
That people-first approach also supports worker safety while improving performance.
Robots handle the repetitive work and can operate continuously without breaks, helping boost output. Your people focus on what they do best.
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
Our rental programme is suitable for a wide range of manufacturing and industrial processes, including:
Machine Tending
Automating the loading and unloading of CNC machines, presses and production equipment. Cartesian robots are a practical fit for linear axes work around fixed equipment.
Pick and Place
Fast, accurate and repeatable handling of products and components. In many applications, delta robots are ideal for high speed pick-and-place work. SCARA robots also excel where speed and accuracy are critical.
Packaging and End-of-Line Operations
Improving throughput while maintaining consistency. Manufacturing robots in this area often include robotic arms for flexible handling, while mobile robots can move finished goods between operations.
Assembly Processes
Supporting operators with repetitive assembly tasks. Articulated robots suit flexible multi-axis assembly, and SCARA robots are commonly used for fast, accurate assembly work. Robotic systems can also be reprogrammed easily for different tasks as production needs change.
Material Handling
Moving products safely and efficiently throughout the production process. Autonomous mobile robots help transfer materials between work cells, while cylindrical units use rotary joints and prismatic joints for movement.
Inspection and Quality Checks
Delivering consistent quality standards and reducing variation. Industrial robots can also deliver micron-level repeatability for demanding precision tasks in sectors such as electronics. Articulated arms are often used where inspection needs flexible reach and positioning.
HOW THE PROCESS WORKS
Application Review
Our engineers work closely with your team to understand your process, production challenges and suitable opportunities for automation, define clear success criteria, identify the minimum capability needed to prove the concept before the trial starts, review how the proposed robotic equipment will be integrated with upstream and downstream systems, and set safety considerations early in the PoC process.
Solution Development
A robotic solution is installed and configured within your operational environment, with simulation used where appropriate to expose safety and design issues before physical testing, including checks in robot software, setup via teach pendants, and offline testing before physical trials.
Proof of Concept Trial
The solution is evaluated to test the core assumptions under operational conditions, with setup and customisation adapted as needed through relevant programming languages, either:
Within your production environment, or
At our dedicated engineering and testing facilities
Performance Analysis
Performance data is collected and structured to validate the concept against the agreed criteria while evaluating productivity in key operational data including:
Cycle times
Throughput
Process consistency
Labour utilisation
Quality improvements
Potential return on investment
Where required for multi-system trials, cloud computing can support connected analysis across platforms.
Investment Confidence
Using real operational results, you can confidently make clear next-step decisions and build a business case for permanent automation.
Consistent Quality and Improved Accuracy. Every Shift.
At Total Automated Solutions, we understand that successful automation is about more than simply installing a robot.
Consistent Quality. Every Shift.
At Total Automated Solutions, we understand that successful automation is about more than simply installing a robot.
It is about understanding your process, identifying opportunities for improvement, and delivering solutions that generate measurable business value.
With extensive experience in industrial automation, control systems and robotic integration, we help manufacturers take a practical and commercially focused approach to automation adoption, with expertise spanning industrial robotics and manufacturing robotics. This work sits at the intersection of controls, robotics, and computer science.
Our Proof of Concept Rental Scheme provides a clear pathway from initial evaluation to full implementation, while supporting rapid iteration when testing components or algorithms, including artificial intelligence and machine learning models, so you can validate system capabilities before full deployment.
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Did you know?
The UK Government’s Made Smarter UK funding programme helps manufacturing SMEs adopt digital technologies to improve productivity, reduce costs, enhance quality, and increase profitability.
Find out how your business could benefit. In Yorkshire and Humber use this link https://madesmarter.uk/Yorkshire or find your local representation https://madesmarter.uk/
READY TO EXPLORE AUTOMATION WITHOUT THE RISK
Whether you are investigating automation for the first time or building a business case for future investment, our Robotics Proof of Concept Rental Scheme offers a practical, low-risk route to measurable results.
Book a Free Automation Assessment
Speak with our automation specialists to discuss your process, identify opportunities, assess suitable robotic solutions for your process and production environment, and discover how a robotics trial could help you increase productivity, improve quality and build a compelling case for automation investment.
See it. Prove it. Then invest with confidence.
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