Abstract: A method and system for assembling framed display items is provided. The method includes: a) providing a substrate feeder and controlling the substrate feeder to dispense a first substrate; b) using a first robotic actuator to pick the first substrate and move it from the substrate feeder to an assembly station; c) locating the first substrate to a predetermined position on the assembly station; d) using a second robotic actuator to pick a frame from a frame station and move the frame to the assembly station. The second robotic actuator moves the frame from the frame station to the assembly station with the frame oriented such that the frame is placed over the first substrate residing at the assembly station and the first substrate is disposed within a frame rabbet; and e) installing fasteners within the frame to secure the first substrate within the frame rabbet.