Automation Services

Programming, integration, inspection and on-site support for factory automation.

Great Lakes Robotics supports robots, controls and production equipment during new installations, line changes and ongoing production — as a single task, a defined package or additional support alongside your own team.

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Robot Programming

Great Lakes Robotics provides robot programming support for new installations, modifications, production changes and troubleshooting. We work with robot systems as part of complete automated cells and can support programming, commissioning, recovery and optimization activities on the factory floor.

Typical support

  • New robot program development
  • Existing program modification
  • Path and motion optimization
  • Tool and frame setup
  • I/O and peripheral integration
  • Recovery logic and fault handling
  • Production change implementation
  • Commissioning and startup support
  • Troubleshooting and cycle improvement
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PLC & HMI Programming

PLC and HMI programming support for machine controls, automation cells, upgrades and production equipment. Great Lakes Robotics can assist with new control logic, modifications to existing systems, equipment integration and operator interface development.

Typical support

  • PLC program development
  • Existing logic modification
  • HMI screen development
  • Alarm and diagnostic handling
  • Sequence and state logic
  • Equipment and device integration
  • Networked controls integration
  • Production data and status handling
  • Startup and troubleshooting support
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Controls Integration

Industrial automation systems depend on reliable communication between robots, PLCs, HMIs, sensors, drives, safety systems and higher-level software. Great Lakes Robotics provides controls integration support to bring these systems together and resolve interface issues between equipment.

Typical support

  • Robot-to-PLC integration
  • PLC-to-PLC communication
  • Industrial Ethernet integration
  • OPC UA interfaces
  • PROFINET and other industrial networks
  • Sensor and device integration
  • Safety-system interface support
  • Data exchange with industrial PCs and software
  • Commissioning and communication troubleshooting
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Commissioning & Troubleshooting

Great Lakes Robotics provides onsite and remote technical support for machine commissioning, production startup, fault investigation and automation troubleshooting.

Support can range from resolving an isolated controls issue to assisting with complete machine or robotic-cell startup.

Typical support

  • Machine and cell startup
  • Robot commissioning
  • PLC and HMI commissioning
  • I/O checkout
  • Network and communication troubleshooting
  • Sequence debugging
  • Equipment fault investigation
  • Production support
  • Cycle optimization
  • Modification verification
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Portable Metrology & Dimensional Inspection

Great Lakes Robotics provides portable dimensional inspection for tooling, fixtures, equipment and manufactured components where accurate measurement and verification are required directly on the shop floor or at the customer’s facility.

Laser-tracker-based measurement can be used to verify critical features, alignment, position and as-built geometry against design requirements.

Typical applications

  • Tooling inspection
  • Fixture inspection and certification
  • Dimensional verification
  • Equipment alignment
  • Datum and feature verification
  • Hole and feature location checks
  • Flatness and position checks
  • As-built inspection
  • CAD comparison
  • Inspection reporting
  • Tool modification and repair verification
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Beyond the PLC

Bespoke Industrial Software

Custom software for industrial automation, engineering and manufacturing applications.

Great Lakes Robotics provides access to bespoke industrial software development through Kotec, supporting applications that fall between traditional PLC programming and standard off-the-shelf software.

Great Lakes Robotics acts as the commercial and project interface for Kotec software services in the industrial automation market, helping customers define requirements and coordinate software tailored to their application.

Typical applications

  • Production and engineering tools
  • Data collection and processing
  • OPC UA and equipment interfaces
  • Manufacturing databases
  • Reporting and traceability
  • API integrations
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Not every factory requirement belongs in a PLC. Where an application requires databases, complex data processing, APIs, file handling, reporting, user management or integration with business systems, a purpose-built software application can provide a cleaner and more maintainable solution.

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Need programming, inspection or on-site support?

Tell us the equipment involved and the task or problem. If hardware is also needed, include the part list — services and supply can be quoted together.

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