The Robotic Integrator for Complex End-of-Line Material Handling

QComp designs, builds, and installs custom robotic systems for products too flexible, fragile, or inconsistent for an off-the-shelf automation cell.

What a Robotic Integrator Does

A robotic integrator designs, programs, and installs the system that goes around a robot — the end-of-arm tooling, the vision, the controls, and the software that make it work on your line. Robot manufacturers build the arm; the integrator is the company that turns that arm into a working solution for your specific product and needs.

QComp integrates for one purpose: end-of-line material handling. Picking, packing, palletizing, and depalletizing — the point in your process where a finished or semi-finished product has to be moved, oriented, packed, or stacked. We don't build welding cells, general assembly lines, or paint automation. We build systems for products that are hard to automate: large sheets of fragile glass, nonwoven products, flexible film, and raw product that arrives soft or dimensionally different every time.

If your product doesn't fit a catalog robot cell, that's the project we take.

robotic integrator machine with operator
A3 certification
ABB value provider certified
FANUC certified

Why Certification Matters

Certification matters because it's proof that comes from somewhere other than us.

QComp has been A3-certified by the Association for Advancing Automation since 2012, when its Certified Robot Integrator Program first launched. That certification comes from a third-party audit of our project management, safety processes, and technical capability, not a claim we make about ourselves. Our engineers, technicians, and programmers are re-audited every two years to keep it. Read more about why A3 certification matters.

We’ve been an ABB Authorized Value Provider since 1997, the third company in the world to join the program. Value Providers go through an initial audit of technical capability and an annual review, and ABB stands behind that status when it recommends integrators to its own customers. Read about our ABB Value Provider history.

We’re also a FANUC Authorized System Integrator, a designation FANUC extends to integrators whose engineering and programming staff it has trained and certified on its robots and controls.

None of the three credentials is required to call yourself a robotic integrator. They’re the difference between a company telling you it’s safe and reliable, and three independent organizations that have checked it.

Applications

We’ve built our reputation solving specific material handling problems for demanding applications, including:

QComp Solutions

QComp utilizes advanced modular designs as the fundamental building blocks for our custom automation solutions, delivering industry-leading ROI. 

Customer Proof Points

A national glass manufacturer has run QComp-built robotic systems for handling large, fragile glass sheets since 2006. Nearly two decades of continuous operation, on a product where one mis-gripped sheet is real cost, not an inconvenience.
They find a solution, work with you to fix whatever’s going on, whether it’s program updates or a change to their programming, or possible solutions as far as mechanicals go. A big part of their value is in the design of the tools and making it work with the customer application.”

— Maintenance Technician

A high-mix manufacturer evaluated three integrators for a multi-SKU line with almost no downtime margin. They chose QComp because our proposal addressed the edge cases the other two hadn’t: package variants, carton configurations, changeover sequencing.
I had two other robotic integrators providing us solutions as well. I think what really led us to decide to pick QComp was the thoroughness and completeness of the solution they proposed.”

— Sr. Principal Engineer

A raw-product manufacturer brought us product that doesn’t behave like a solid part on a vision system: soft, inconsistent, and a different shape from one piece to the next. Our programming team worked the pick-and-place logic through iteration after iteration until the system held tolerance at production speed.
Their programmer was extremely engaged and committed and spent multiple hours, days over the weekend changing some of his programs to get this right. And they were on schedule.”

— Operations Director

FAQs

What is a robotic integrator?

A robotic integrator designs, programs, and installs a working robotic system for a specific application. Integrators select or build the end-of-arm tooling, vision, and controls, and integrate them with a manufacturer's existing line. Robot manufacturers like ABB and FANUC build the arms; integrators like QComp make them work for a specific product and line.

What's the difference between buying a robot and hiring a robotic integrator?

A robot arm on its own can't do anything. It needs tooling to grip the product, vision to locate it, programming to move correctly, and controls to talk to the rest of the line. An integrator designs, builds, tests, and installs all of that. This is work most manufacturers don't have the in-house engineering to do themselves.

Is QComp certified?

Yes. QComp has been A3-certified by the Association for Advancing Automation since 2012, an ABB Authorized Value Provider since 1997, and is a FANUC Authorized System Integrator.

What makes QComp different from other robotic integrators?

We take on products most integrators pass on, such as fragile glass, nonwoven products, inconsistent raw product, and multi-SKU lines with almost no downtime margin. That's been our focus for more than 30 years, and every proof point on this page comes from a customer with exactly that kind of problem.