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Your product, on our robots,
before you commit.
See it run on your product. Before you commit.
JLS Flight Lab puts your application on real JLS robotics in York, PA. Send product samples — or a close proxy, subject to project scope and availability — and see how tooling and pick method handle your product before the design is finalized.
Don’t buy on a spec sheet. Buy on proof.
Your product
Tested with samples of what you actually run whenever possible — or a close proxy, subject to project scope and availability. Not a spec sheet.
A live robot
A real system runs it on the floor. We pair live testing with simulation — using a live run to inform the full-production design, or to check what the model predicted.
One roof, one team
What we learn in the lab goes straight to the systems engineering team that designs and commissions your line — same building, shared people.
Proof before commitment
See the application work before you make the capital decision. Proof first, purchase second.
From your product to proof, in five steps.
Tell us what you run and what you’re looking to validate. A JLS Flight Lab engineer will follow up to scope the test and arrange any samples.
Tell us about it
Share your product, your line stage, and the outcomes you need to prove.
Send your samples
Ship product to York, PA — or bring it in person. If samples aren’t practical, we’ll discuss a close proxy.
We build a live cell
Our engineers configure a real robotic system and tooling for your product.
See it in action.
We always share the recorded run, results, and data with you — and we encourage you to come watch it live on our floor.
We engineer the line
With feasibility established, we scope and engineer the automation for your plant — and confirm final rate during FAT on your system.
Fewer surprises on the floor.
Most automation is sold on a quote and a promise. We’d rather show you. A Flight Lab test helps answer the hard questions before the design is finalized — depending on the product and scope, things like:
- Rate assumptions — the robot count, pick-and-place strategy, and design assumptions needed to reach your target rate. Rate is validated during FAT before shipment, with final commissioning completed at your facility on your system.
- Gentle handling — how it handles wet, sticky, fragile, or irregular product.
- Tooling & EOAT fit — the right end-of-arm tooling for your exact format.
- Changeover requirements — what changes between selected SKUs and what must be confirmed during system design and FAT.
- Rapid prototyping — we print and machine tooling concepts around your actual product, so end-of-arm designs are vetted early instead of late.
- Tooling durability — end-of-arm tooling is lifecycle-tested in our environmental chamber to prove it holds up shift after shift.
- Vision & inspection — camera selection and inspection requirements proven against your product, not assumed.
- Line fit — how it integrates with your upstream and downstream equipment.
Tell us about your product test.
Fill out the form and a JLS Flight Lab engineer will follow up to scope the test and arrange any product samples.
Every Flight Lab request starts with a review. Before we schedule lab time, our engineers confirm your product and application are a real candidate for automation — and that a test will prove something useful for your line. A Flight Lab test is a pre-sale feasibility step, separate from the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) your project goes through once it’s engineered. When it’s a fit, we’ll prove it here first. When it isn’t, we’ll tell you straight, before anyone invests the time.
Come see it in person.
The Flight Lab lives inside our 150,000 sq ft headquarters in York, Pennsylvania. Walk the floor, meet the engineers who’ll build your line, and watch your product run.
Schedule a facility tour20 Innovation Dr, York, PA 17402 · +1 (717) 505-3800
Flight Lab testing is subject to review and availability.