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Thank you for asking your question. A few key points for which I have a few key responses. Having robots tend machines have multiple business advantages. As you mentioned, the robot can run 24/7 with minimal (usually with zero) downtime. The robot will not call in sick or need to take vacation. In the shop where this was implemented, they run 2 10-hour shifts, meaning that the robot generated an additional 4 hours of revenue a day simply by being turned on. My favorite aspect of robot machine tending, however, lies in the benefit of freeing up the workers to do other things. Now that they are no longer needed to perform the (forgive me) mindless task of pulling parts off a conveyor, they are free to gain new skills that add value both to themselves and the company (the company gets a more skilled employee, the employee gets another skill point on their resume for bartering when reviews and job applications come up). My favorite thing to do with machine operators who find themselves with more time on their hands, is train them on how to program robots! The more time the people have for training, the less often a professional outside party needs to be called into the facility. The initial setup and programming of the robot was done by a professional (yours truly). That much is very true. But I have not had to service this robot in over a year since implementing it. As part of my service, I created a robust programming solution that allowed the machinist to become the new part program creator. Creating a new part program is as easy as copying the existing program and changing 5 parameters in the new program. Poof. New part programmed. We’ve done a time study: takes less than 10 minutes per new part. The CNC isn’t even close to being ready for the new part to run before the new program has been put into the robot. I also created documentation detailing step by step how to create a new part program and included this with the package on delivery (in digital form so it can get re-printed as many times as it gets lost). As for a pain to code: I am working on my training videos as we speak. I want to dispel the idea that it takes a programming wizard to program a robot, especially not a UR nor a Fanuc CRX (both cobots). Thank you so much for your question. I really appreciate it.