An automated custom furniture design and manufacturing system is disclosed. The system includes a server configured to provide a user interface to a client, the user interface configured to receive user input for configuring custom furniture, the user input comprising dimension information of the custom furniture; and a custom furniture cutting machine in communication with the server and configured to receive a cutting list from the server, the cutting list is automatically generated based on the dimension information, the custom furniture cutting machine further configured to fabricate, based on the cutting list, pieces from which the custom furniture is assembled.

A modular industrial robotics (MIR) connector object module has a graphical image property for a 3D solid model program. It also includes a component identifier property configured to identify a component in the 3D solid model program and an abstract data type property having a coordinate transform matrix describing a 3D position and orientation of the MIR connector object module relative to a coordinate system of the component in the 3D solid model program. The MIR connector object module is configured to be attachable to one of multiple components in the 3D solid model program.