ITS (IDEAL-Trade Service), based in Brno, Czech Republic, specializes in complete industrial automation and custom ArtiCoating cells. They deliver end-to-end spray-painting cobots for even hazardous areas that help manufacturers achieve highly repeatable surface finishes while navigating strict explosive and flammable environment regulations.

The Bottleneck

Complexity barriers in explosive environments

Deploying automation in a highly explosive paint shop has been always difficult. For integrators trying to deliver a user-friendly system, traditional technologies often create painful roadblocks. 

  • The robotics skill gap 
    Finding skilled programmers who also understand the specifics of wet painting is nearly impossible, effectively binding hands of small-batch manufacturers. 
  • Fragmented software workflows 
    Usually, teaching a cobot requires juggling multiple third-party software platforms, manually exporting files, and dealing with clunky interfaces just to get the arm moving.  
  • The slow refinement loop 
    If a programmed trajectory misses a complex edge, standard programming requires the operator to go back to a computer, manually adjust coordinates, and re-test, wasting valuable production time. 

The Solution

Creating a five-minute deployment loop

  • Upskilling painters instantly 
    RoboTeach empowers everyday craftsmen to physically demonstrate the spray path. This intuitive approach to industrial automation translates their movements directly into robot program, bypassing the need for robot programmers. 
  • Native ArtiCoating integration 
    Operating seamlessly in the background, our software feeds the generated trajectories directly into the ITS ArtiCoating control panel. No manual file transfers are needed – the program simply appears on the cobot’s native screen. 
  • Five-minute deployment & physical tweaking 
    From recording to generation to automatic upload, the entire process takes under five minutes. If a path needs a minor adjustment, the operator can simply drag the cobot arm by hand to fine-tune the trajectory on the spot.