Designed for Complex Technology Products
Building a successful robotics product takes more than breakthrough engineering. As designs become more sophisticated, teams must manage mechanical, electrical, software, firmware, quality, and supplier information while keeping everyone aligned.
Disconnected systems and manual processes create unnecessary risk. Engineering changes become harder to track, revisions can get out of sync, and teams spend valuable time searching for information instead of moving products forward.
Arena’s cloud-native product lifecycle management (PLM) and quality management system (QMS) solution connects bills of materials (BOMs), engineering changes, quality processes, supplier collaboration, and manufacturing records in a single controlled environment. Robotics teams gain the trusted product record and traceability needed to innovate quickly, maintain quality, and scale production with confidence.
Robotics products require extensive mechanical design to coordinate complex structures, moving components, precision assemblies, and dense electromechanical configurations. However, CAD data is often managed separately from the product, quality, supplier, and manufacturing records needed to build the finished system.
Arena integrates with your CAD solution to connect design data to the broader product record, synchronizing CAD data, parts, BOMs, drawings, and revisions within Arena.
By connecting CAD and PLM, robotics teams can:
Robotics companies must manage fast iteration without losing the discipline required for reliable production. Arena PLM and QMS help address challenges such as:
Arena PLM and QMS bring product, quality, supplier, and manufacturing information into a single cloud-native solution. Robotics teams can coordinate development across disciplines, maintain control as products evolve, and establish repeatable processes for moving innovations into production.
Arena helps robotics companies achieve:
Faster Engineering Change Cycles: Standardize reviews, approvals, and notifications so teams can implement changes without losing control or traceability.
More Accurate BOMs: Maintain current product structures across mechanical, electrical, electronic, firmware, and software-related components.
Improved Design Transfer: Give manufacturing teams access to approved BOMs, drawings, specifications, and revisions for smoother production launches.
Stronger Supplier Collaboration: Securely share current product information with suppliers and contract manufacturers while controlling access to intellectual property.
Better Product Quality: Connect quality events and processes to affected items, BOMs, suppliers, and product configurations.
Reduced Scrap and Rework: Find revision, documentation, and configuration issues before they result in incorrect builds or downstream production problems.
Streamlined Design and Development: Synchronize CAD data, parts, BOMs, drawings, and revisions with Arena to reduce manual data entry, improve BOM accuracy, and connect mechanical design information to the broader product record.
Greater End-to-End Traceability: Preserve a controlled history of product decisions, changes, approvals, quality activities, and manufacturing information.
Scalable Product Development: Replace disconnected tools and informal processes with a foundation that supports growing teams, suppliers, product variants, and production volumes.
Building the Infrastructure to Scale Agricultural Robotics
“PLM isn’t optional for us. It’s how we make sure our engineering team isn’t reinventing the wheel, how our supply chain isn’t left in the dark, and how we maintain control as we scale.”
– Keiran Fitzpatrick, Director of Operations, 4AG Robotics
4AG Robotics develops robotic systems that automate mushroom harvesting. As the company grew, product information was distributed across mechanical, electrical, and software teams, creating challenges with version control, engineering changes, supplier communication, and manufacturing coordination.
4AG connected Onshape, Arena, and NetSuite to create a cloud-based flow from design through product release and manufacturing. Parts, BOMs, and drawings can move from CAD into Arena, while released product information is transferred into the ERP system.
The connected environment has helped 4AG:
