Who should use this
Robot teams defining sensor, vision, servo, joint, power or battery harnesses for prototypes and pilot builds.
Resources
Cable Harness & Interconnect
Robot Cable Harness Design Guide
Prepare connector, pinout, shielding, bend radius, bend life, routing, labeling and environment inputs for robot harness sourcing.
Hardware decision
The guide turns incomplete wiring ideas into reviewable connector, routing and documentation inputs for custom harness RFQs.
Prepare before RFQ
Bring connector type, mating part, pinout or wire map, cable length, cable OD, shielding, strain relief, bend radius, cycle life, moving-joint or drag-chain exposure and operating environment.
When to use this guide
Start here if the hardware question affects sourcing, files or RFQ review.
- A camera, sensor, servo or power harness must fit a robot envelope or moving joint.
- Connector orientation, pinout, shielding or routing could change the sourcing answer.
- You need a cable drawing, wire map or documentation bundle reviewed before prototype build.
Key engineering decisions
Connector and mating part
Name connector family, keying, orientation, pin count, mating part and strain relief expectation.
Signal and power map
Include trigger / sync, sensor power and drag-chain or moving-joint routing when the harness supports cameras, LiDAR, encoders or host-side sensing interfaces.
Motion exposure
Document bend radius, bend life, drag-chain path, moving joint routing, cable OD and jacket requirements.
Drawing and label package
Prepare pinout table, labels, length tolerance, branch points and environment notes for review.
RFQ preparation checklist
Include these inputs before asking for quote or document review.
- Connector type and mating part
- Pinout or wire map
- Cable length, branch layout and cable OD
- Shielding and EMI requirement
- Bend radius, bend life and strain relief
- Drag-chain, moving-joint or hollow-shaft routing
- GMSL2 / FAKRA / Ethernet / CAN / RS485, trigger / sync and sensor power
- Labels, environment and controlled drawing / BOM boundary
Engineering file considerations
Document access depends on file type and review context.
- Cable drawings and wire maps can be requested with project context.
- Full harness drawings, internal BOMs and supplier-sensitive records are not automatically released.
- Signal performance certification is not implied by a harness quote.
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Not covered by this guide
Signal performance guarantee
Automatic release of supplier-sensitive drawings
Final harness validation after customer routing
Ready to attach this guide to a real request?
Use the guide checklist to submit one RFQ with product, file and subsystem context. Controlled access may apply to STEP/STP, native CAD, full drawings and supplier-sensitive records.