Grob will present the GP1350 5-axis portal milling machining centre, the GRC-M60 robot cell, and digital manufacturing applications at AMB 2026 in Stuttgart.
The company will exhibit in hall 10, booth C12, from 15 to 19 September, using more than 600 sq m of exhibition space to show technologies for single part production through to highly automated series manufacturing. The GP1350 will be shown for the first time at an external trade show.
The GP1350 expands Grob’s universal machine portfolio with a 5-axis portal milling machining centre designed for large component machining. Its gantry design is intended to provide stability and vibration damping for high precision work, while 5-axis capability allows complex geometries to be machined in a single clamping, reducing handling and turnaround time.
Grob will also introduce the GRC-M60 robot cell, a modular automation system designed to expand its automated production offer. The cell can be adapted to different production requirements and used to extend existing lines or support new automation concepts.
Digital manufacturing will form the third part of the presentation. Grob will demonstrate how production processes can be mapped and controlled using the Cosera MES system and a fully integrated tool management system, giving manufacturers better visibility over process status, resource use, tool availability, and idle time.
The combined display shows how machine tool investment is moving beyond standalone equipment selection. Manufacturers are increasingly assessing how machines interact with handling systems, tooling strategies, production orders, maintenance planning, operator workflows, and data platforms. A high performance machining centre can still be constrained by poor scheduling, tool shortages, manual loading, or incomplete process visibility.
Large part machining makes those constraints more expensive. Bigger workpieces require greater setup discipline, longer cycle planning, more robust fixturing, and tighter control of process stability. If a component waits between operations or a machine sits idle because the correct tool is unavailable, the lost capacity is substantial. Single-clamping 5-axis machining can reduce cumulative error and handling time, but the surrounding production system has to support that efficiency.
The GRC-M60 robot cell addresses another practical constraint: the need to automate without turning every project into a bespoke engineering exercise. Machine tending, part transfer, loading, unloading, and repeatable handling tasks are increasingly attractive as manufacturers face labour shortages and pressure to extend productive hours. Modular robot cells can provide a more manageable route into automation where product mix, floor space, or capital planning make larger systems harder to justify.
Robotics development is also advancing at component and factory trial level. RLS has introduced a dual-concentric encoder for compact robotic joints, while the Manufacturing Technology Centre has opened a robot centre for factory trials. Grob’s AMB launch sits further along the production integration chain, where robots, machines, tools, and software have to work together in a functioning manufacturing environment.
MES and tool management are central to that integration. Automation without production data can move bottlenecks rather than remove them. A robot may keep a machine fed, but utilisation will still suffer if tool life is poorly controlled, programme data is incomplete, or production orders are not synchronised with the shopfloor. Connecting machining data, tooling information, work orders, and resource planning gives production managers a more accurate view of capacity.
Grob will also present information on service, customer training, additive manufacturing, e-mobility, and centres of excellence covering aerospace and defence and semiconductor applications. Those areas show how manufacturers are seeking production systems that can adapt across sectors and component types rather than remain tied to narrow use cases.
AMB will give Grob a platform to present machining, robotics, and digital process control as one integrated manufacturing offer. The commercial test will be whether the combination helps customers reduce setup time, improve utilisation, support operators, and make better use of existing factory space. As automation investment becomes more selective, those operational measures will carry more weight than headline machine capability alone.
