I do not have robotics, and I do all free motion quilting or ruler work on my Innova. At one time I thought about quilting as a business, and for that I would have purchased a robotic system for those customers who don't want to pay for custom work. However since I haven't started to quilt professionally, I can't justify the expense of robotics. I do think it would be fun to have. I do think I could finish more quilts in less time with robotics, even though I would stay in the room while the system was working. When doing an all-over design, I get bored and have to stop and do something else. The robot wouldn't have that problem!