{"id":17383,"date":"2026-07-21T18:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kickmaker.fr\/blog\/?p=17383"},"modified":"2026-07-22T12:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:30:19","slug":"from-10-to-1000-robots-the-5-calls-that-make-it-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kickmaker.fr\/blog\/from-10-to-1000-robots-the-5-calls-that-make-it-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"From 10 to 1,000 robots: the 5 calls that make it possible"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; row_position_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; row_position_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; row_position_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; flex_gap_desktop=&#8221;10px&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;17388&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;None&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]A couple of weeks ago, Kickmaker\u2019s CEO and co-founder Vincent Despatin took the stage at MACHINA Summit for a panel on why does the gap between a successful pilot and a real, scalable factory deployment keep swallowing companies whole? Here is what he had to say.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Investment is accelerating, technologies are genuinely maturing, and the geopolitical race between China and the US is reshaping both the supply chain and the competitive landscape at speed with Europe beginning to build its own answer. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The opportunity is real and growing. But here&#8217;s what nobody wants to say plainly: almost nothing on the market today is truly deployment ready. Robot level dexterity and autonomous decision-making are still being figured out. System level integration, safety, and security remain largely unsolved for real-world factory environments. The gap between what&#8217;s being showcased and what&#8217;s ready to run at scale is far wider than the industry is willing to admit.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ten years of industrializing hardware give me a clear view of why.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; row_position_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; row_position_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; row_position_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; 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row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; row_position_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; row_position_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; row_position_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; flex_gap_desktop=&#8221;10px&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]\n<h2 class=\"s10\"><span class=\"s9\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW144319234 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW144319234 BCX4\">The transition nobody talks about\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"s11\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\">A prototype and a manufacturable product <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW182284730 BCX4\">aren&#8217;t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\"> two points on a <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW182284730 BCX4\">continuum<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\">they\u2019re<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\"> fundamentally different things that require different teams, different skills, and an entirely <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\">different way<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\"> of working. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\">The single most repeated mistake I see companies make is sending their R&amp;D engineers to handle industrialization.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\">They know how to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW182284730 BCX4\">built<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\"> something that works but not <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\">something that has to be <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\">that <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\">has to<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\">be <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\">assembled a thousand times by a manufacturer<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\">. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s11\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\">That&#8217;s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\"> not a <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW182284730 BCX4\">critique<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW182284730 BCX4\">,<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\">it\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182284730 BCX4\"> a phase transition, and staffing for the wrong phase is where most hardware projects quietly die.\u202f<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP Selected SCXW182284730 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"s10\"><span class=\"s9\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW98084205 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW98084205 BCX4\">The most dangerous prototype is the one that works too well<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP Selected SCXW98084205 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">When a prototype is elegant and functional, the pressure to ship becomes overwhelming, and the team resists any change because it already does what it&#8217;s supposed to do. But it works because your best engineer hand-tuned every unit, using components you can&#8217;t source at volume, tested under conditions that bear little resemblance to a real factory floor at scale.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The validation cycle from Engineering Validation through Design Validation to Production Validation exists precisely to <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">break that illusion before your customer does<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">. A tooling change after production launch costs between \u20ac10,000 and \u20ac100,000 per mold. It is not a software patch.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"s10\"><span class=\"s9\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW24701547 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW24701547 BCX4\">10 robots are not 1,000 robots<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP Selected SCXW24701547 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The jump from 10 to 1,000 deployed units is where companies consistently break not because they can&#8217;t build enough robots, but because they treated a systems architecture problem as if it were a volume problem.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Five decisions you must take<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Fleet software<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: you cannot SSH into 1,000 robots; remote monitoring, OTA updates, and anomaly detection must be designed in from day one.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Supply chain commitments<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: lead times for actuators, compute, and sensors currently run 16 to 34 weeks; wait for orders before placing them, and you&#8217;ve already missed your window.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Field service model<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: who fixes robot #347 when it fails at 2am in a factory? That answer needs to exist at unit #50, not unit #500.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Telemetry<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: at 10 units, manual log review is manageable; at 1,000, you need automated anomaly detection and fleet-level dashboards.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Regulatory pipeline<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: CE marking, ISO 13849, IEC 62443; these timelines are real and cannot be compressed under deadline pressure.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Building these architectures correctly at design stage costs almost nothing. Retrofitting them in production costs a great deal.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;17385&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;None&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]\n<h2 class=\"s10\"><span class=\"s9\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW186011588 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186011588 BCX4\">The robot is <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186011588 BCX4\">NOT<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186011588 BCX4\">the product<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP Selected SCXW186011588 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This was the line I closed with on stage. The robot itself represents roughly 30% of the value delivered and 30% of the cost of a deployment. The remaining 70% is integration, software, maintenance, training, and change management, and that 70% is precisely where deployments succeed or fail and where, honestly, nobody is truly ready yet.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">There&#8217;s another dynamic that rarely gets discussed: the buyer changes between pilot and deployment. The person who championed your pilot is not the person who signs the fleet contract. That conversation happens with procurement, finance, and the COO, who evaluate cost, reliability, and contractual risk, not technical elegance. The pilot can succeed brilliantly in one room and die quietly in the next.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The posture that converts pilots into fleet contracts isn&#8217;t optimism. It&#8217;s confident realism:\u202f&#8221;Here&#8217;s exactly what it takes to get there and here is our plan.&#8221;\u202fThat&#8217;s credibility.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The companies that will capture the value of physical AI won&#8217;t be those with the most impressive robot. They&#8217;ll be the ones who solved the harder problem first building the technical foundation, the deployment methodology, and the operational infrastructure before the market fully arrives. 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