What keeps companies awake at night when it comes to the automation of finishing processes such as sanding, deburring and polishing? That’s what we want to know, which is why we created a survey within the COBOTASSIST programme to gather input from experts, professionals and stakeholders in manufacturing SMEs. With this survey we want to gain more insight into the needs, challenges and expectations surrounding the automation of post-processing of steel and plastic products with cobots and robots.