Jewellery · Fine Jewellery · Watchmaking · Leather Goods
Robotic polishing cell for the luxury and precision industry
We design robotic cells that automate your repetitive tasks and integrate fully into your processes. Proven in the luxury sector, they adapt to other precision industries.
Human expertise, reinforced
Freeing people from repetitive tasks.
PolyBots designs and manufactures robotic cells to meet the operational needs of industry.
PolyBots does not replace operators. Our purpose: to mechanise and automate repetitive operations to free people from non-value-added tasks. The cell takes on the repetitive and arduous movements, while the teams supervise, program, maintain and improve the process.
Our mission is to eliminate arduous, even dangerous, tasks, in particular Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs), with a concrete, fast approach that delivers a reliable, efficient and flexible means of production.
- Reduction of repetitive tasks and arduous movements
- Contribution to the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)
- Reduced exposure to potentially dangerous tasks
- Teams refocused on quality and expertise
- Preservation of process knowledge
- Increased production reliability and repeatability
Reliability
Our cells are robust and run in production without major maintenance.
Flexibility
The cells are flexible and agile. According to the recipes defined by your teams, the robot selects its own tooling. There is also no need to make production set-up adjustments, as the business parameters are built into the recipes.
Autonomy
Fully autonomous operation over long hours, without human intervention.
From operational need to production
A concrete method, from the first diagnosis to a reliable means of production.
We do not automate in theory. We observe the real movement, validate feasibility, prove it on your parts, then industrialise a robust and flexible tool.
Analyse
The process, the constraints, the quality requirements, ergonomics and production context.
Validate
Technical feasibility: robot, tooling and sequence suited to your operation.
Prove
A proof of concept on real parts, with measurable acceptance criteria.
Industrialise
Design of the cell, HMI, safety, tooling, manufacturing programs and integration.
Deploy
Installation, validation, team training and support through the ramp-up.
Evolve
Adapt manufacturing programs, tools or options as production needs change.
The robotic polishing cell · CPC / CPI range
A standardised architecture, additional process capabilities.
A robotic polishing cell is a compact means of production that automates polishing operations using an ABB robot, a polishing lathe and tools identified by RFID. It runs several programs autonomously, without operator set-up, while keeping the teams on supervision and quality.
Compact, flexible and autonomous, it comes in a CPC version (collaborative robot) or CPI version (industrial robot), and integrates into the existing workshop, in the midst of the teams. Its standardised structure is not a rigidity: it is a controlled integration base that accelerates industrialisation and eases deployment.
Base configuration
Use cases by trade
Precious metals polishing · jewellery robot · fine jewellery robot
Polishing robot for jewellery and fine jewellery
Jewellery polishing, a repeatable finish
Manual polishing depends on the movement, so it varies from one part to another. The cell applies exactly the same manufacturing program to each part, which stabilises the finish across an entire batch. Pneumatic or Venturi gripping depending on the part, flipper for front/back, Nakanishi handpiece for difficult areas.
Fine jewellery and precious metals polishing
Gold, silver, platinum, alloys, the cell handles precious metals with consistent dosing of polishing paste and precise trajectories. The RFID system eliminates tool/tray assignment errors, ensuring quality and protection of valuable parts.
Cobot or industrial robot, which to choose?
ABB CRB series cobot for shared workshops and moderate throughput, IRB series industrial robot for higher throughput and precision requirements. The choice is made at the feasibility study, according to your parts and volumes.
Complementing luxury polishing · leather goods · robotic sanding
Leather goods and robotic sanding
Polishing and sanding robot for leather goods
PolyBots designs robotic cells to automate finishing operations in leather goods, including sanding and polishing. The same standardised architecture, RFID and automatic tool change, adapts to your parts and your manufacturing programs. Each project starts with a feasibility study and a proof of concept on your own parts.
Robotic sanding
Robotic sanding consists of entrusting the sanding operation to a robot, preparing and uniformising the surface before polishing. Automated in a PolyBots cell, sanding becomes repeatable and consistent, with RFID recognition of tools and trays and automatic tool change, without operator set-up between programs.
Describe your leather goods or sanding operation: we assess the feasibility and the cell configuration suited to your parts.
Designed for flexible production
Multiple references, multiple tools, a single cycle, without reconfiguration.
Load different families of parts onto the trays freely. The cell identifies each tray by RFID, associates its manufacturing program, checks that the necessary tools are available, then runs the sequence. No manual assignment, so no assignment error, ensuring quality and protection of the mechanics.
Autonomy sequence · interactive demonstration
Cycle log
RFID is not "artificial intelligence": it is a reliable system for identifying, checking and automating the process.
Mastered control of the process
A modern, local HMI, built for production teams.
The touchscreen links the operator to the cell: tray detection, tool availability, active programs, cycle progress. The manufacturing programs, initially saved in XML format, remain maintainable over time via administrator mode, the autonomy stays within your teams.
- Local operationNo dependency on a remote cloud platform.
- Administrator modeEditing of manufacturing programs by authorised teams.
Proven in real production · the trust of the luxury industry
A first cell in autonomous production since September 2023.
Since September 2023, our robotic polishing cell has been running in production on 6 different programs, in full autonomy, without major maintenance. Developed for Louis-Laurent, an independent French manufacturer based in Seine-et-Marne, it has been operated by the production teams since 2023, with simple regular cleaning sufficient for its routine maintenance.
The robustness of the process guarantees a repeatable result, an undeniable mark of quality for the luxury industry.
While the teams head home, the cell carries on. It polishes through the night and the weekend, without pause, and by morning production has moved forward. The time gained this way goes back to the gestures that truly require a human hand.
Facts drawn from verified PolyBots information. No figures for throughput, ROI, availability rate or productivity gains are put forward until they have been explicitly validated. The names of luxury houses are not displayed (the client's clients, without publication rights).
Frequently asked questions
Robotic polishing: your questions, our answers.
Yes. Robotic sanding entrusts the surface preparation before polishing to a robot, in an autonomous cell with RFID recognition. The result is consistent and repeatable from one part to another, which the manual movement does not guarantee. PolyBots designs cells capable of chaining sanding and polishing according to the manufacturing program of each part.
Yes. PolyBots designs robotic cells to automate finishing operations in leather goods, including sanding and polishing. The same standardised architecture, RFID and automatic tool change, adapts to the parts and the manufacturing programs. Each project starts with a feasibility study on your own parts.
The polishing of precious metals, gold, silver, platinum, is automated with a robotic cell that applies a dedicated manufacturing program per part, with consistent paste dosing and precise trajectories. The RFID recognition of tools and trays eliminates assignment errors, which protects parts of great value.
Two options depending on the need, the ABB CRB series cobot for shared environments and moderate throughput, the IRB series industrial robot for higher throughput and precision requirements. The choice is made at the feasibility study, according to the parts and production volumes.
A robotic polishing cell is a compact means of production that automates polishing operations using an ABB robot (cobot or industrial), a polishing lathe and tools identified by RFID. It runs several programs autonomously, without operator set-up, while keeping the teams on supervision and quality.
No. The cell takes on the repetitive and arduous movements; the polishers and the methods teams retain control of the process, programming of the manufacturing programs, supervision, quality control, continuous improvement. The aim is to reduce non-value-added tasks and prevent musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), not to remove the expertise.
Yes. The polishing of precious metals can be robotised while keeping a luxury-level finish, provided there is a dedicated manufacturing program per reference. The PolyBots cell handles several families of parts on separate trays, identifies each by RFID and automatically selects the right tool, without reconfiguration.
Robotic polishing brings a repeatability that the manual movement does not guarantee: each part follows exactly the same manufacturing program, which stabilises the finish across an entire batch. The PolyBots cell has been in production since 2023 with a consistent result, a mark of quality for the luxury industry.
The cell is designed to produce autonomously over long hours, chaining several programs without human intervention. The reference cell has been operating this way since September 2023 on 6 different programs, with routine maintenance limited to regular cleaning.
Trays and tools are fitted with RFID chips. The cell automatically detects which trays occupy which positions, associates each with its manufacturing program, checks that the necessary tools are available, then runs the sequence. No manual assignment: assignment errors and the associated quality losses are eliminated.
Both are possible. The cobot version (ABB CRB series collaborative robot) suits shared environments and moderate throughput; the industrial robot version (ABB IRB series) targets higher throughput and precision requirements. The choice is made at the feasibility study, according to the parts and volumes.
The cell polishes jewellery, fine jewellery and watchmaking parts in precious metals and alloys. The options extend the capabilities: Nakanishi-type handpiece for interiors and hollow areas (rings, patterns), flipper for front/back polishing, liquid paste dispenser, palletiser to increase autonomy.
The cell occupies a standardised footprint of 1500 × 1500 × 2000 mm for around 1100 kg, designed to integrate into an existing workshop, in the midst of the teams. This standardised base is not a rigidity: it accelerates industrialisation and deployment.
The project follows six steps: analysis of the need, feasibility study, proof of concept on real parts, industrialisation, deployment with team training, then evolution of the manufacturing programs and options. The approach is concrete and focused on the production result.
The reported routine maintenance is limited to regular cleaning of the cell. The robustness of the process allows durable autonomous operation; the manufacturing programs remain editable by authorised teams via the administrator mode of the HMI.
Yes. PolyBots designs and manufactures its cells in France (workshop in Sens), with a local hands-on integrator approach: pragmatism, responsiveness and support of each project through to success in production.
Beyond polishing
Robotic solutions for all of industry
PolyBots operates in other sectors of industry: leather goods, aeronautics, surface treatments, end-of-line palletising / de-palletising, cable cutting, packaging...
The purpose of PolyBots is to bring operational solutions, concrete, quickly in production, efficient, robust and flexible, enabling any manufacturer to integrate mechanisation and/or robotisation into its processes.
We want to remain a local hands-on integrator, with a great deal of pragmatism and closeness to serve you best, and for every entrusted project to turn into a success for you and your teams.
Let's discuss your projectYour process, automated
Submit an operation to automate.
Describe your need: we assess the feasibility and the most relevant route, study, proof of concept, or polishing cell.