How Robot Arms Are Learning to Assemble Clockwork Movements

In this episode of The Robotics Business, Lucas and Luna explore a surprisingly difficult frontier in automation: assembling mechanical watch movements. They look at how a Swiss startup called Horological Robotics is teaching a dual-arm robot to handle tiny gears, springs, and screws — parts measured in fractions of a millimeter — without damaging them. They discuss the challenges of torque sensing, vision-guided alignment, and the economics of automating a craft that has traditionally relied on human hands. Lucas shares why this matters beyond watches: the same precision techniques could eventually be applied to medical devices, micro-optics, and other high-value miniature assemblies. Luna asks whether the craft world will embrace or resist the change, and they both consider what 'handmade' means when a robot does the work. #RobotArms #Watchmaking #PrecisionAssembly #HorologicalRobotics #SwissWatches #MicroManufacturing #Automation #IndustrialRobots #CraftVsMachine #TorqueSensing #VisionGuidedRobotics #Business #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #RoboticsPodcast #AssemblyAutomation #HardwareStartup Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo