All,
Good comments. Autodesk will be posting the Kit of Parts and field model after the kick-off in early January. They will be available in Autodesk 2014 format and for those who are using an earlier version there will be STEP versions.
New functionality in 2014 that may of interest is the additional functionality for assembly constraints. Here is an overview from Cadalyst magazine.
http://www.cadalyst.com/cad/inventor...7506?page_id=1
You can also check Inventor Help for the work flow.
I will post some tips for 2014 that improves working with large assemblies such as your final robot model.