Robots, our "mechanical" workforce, have been§utilized in the production environment for decades§using simple loops with a high number of repetitions.§For future more intelligent and complex robotic§functions, there is a practical need for workspace§animation. Thus, offline programming, calibration and§simulation are key in modern production planning and§robotic engineering.§§This thesis focuses on theoretical and practical§robotic workspaces by demonstrating the symbiosis§between kinematics, controlling mechanisms, design§and programming within one robot assembly. This step§by step guide offers an overview of the various§fields of robot engineering and production planning§by overcoming accuracy limits experienced in the§past. The robotic freshman as well as a professional§expert can use this thesis to get a comprehensive§overview on the challenges of animated workspaces.