ROBOTS ARE EASY. . . IT'S EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S HARD.

This paper discusses initial steps in the field of Robotics that led to the development of an extremely useful industrial robot Application Matrix. The paper discusses Power Transformer's first industrial robot application and the convoluted process of system design, integration and implementation. The title will be brought into focus as the writer develops the idea, that of the total system, the industrial robot itself was the easiest component to deal with.