A method for inspecting and post-processing a workpiece having a laser-cut closed inner contour, said method comprising optically checking whether a slug formed by the cutting of the inner contour is still located within the workpiece, the workpiece being inspected in at least one control point within the inner contour (KP3 (a 3, b 3, c 3)) and an inspection result associated with the at least one control point (KP3 (a 3, b 3, c 3)) representing an actual value, which is compared with a nominal value, characterized in that the workpiece is picked up by a gripper of a handling robot in a defined manner, wherein a defined pick-up means that, with respect to the gripper and a gripper coordinate system (G(a,b,c)) defined on the gripper, each workpiece is picked up and held in an equal relative position to the gripper, and thereby the inner contour of the workpiece assumes a defined relative position with respect to the gripper coordinate system (G (a, b, c)) defined on the gripper, and the gripper is located with the coordinate origin of the gripper coordinate system (G (a, b c)) in a predetermined pick-up position (AP (x 1, y 1, z 1)), in a robot coordinate system (R (x, y, z)) defined by the handling robot, the gripper is moved to a first predetermined gripper position (GP1 (x 2, y 2, z 2)) with respect to an optical inspection unit having a known spatial position relative to the robot coordinate system (R (x, y, z)) and the workpiece is inspected at the at least one control point within the inner contour (KP3 (a 3, b 3, c 3)), and, if a deviation of the actual value from the desired value exceeds a tolerance limit, the gripper is moved to a predetermined second gripper position (GP2 (x 3, y 3, z 3)), towards an ejection unit with a ram (8.1) in such a way that a ram axis (8.0) of the ram (8.1) is directed through the area center point of the inner contour and the ram (8.1) is moved in the direction of the ram axis (8.0), the ram being moved through the inner contour and pushing out any slug still located in the inner contour, whereby the post-processing takes place. the workpiece being inspected in at least one control point within the inner contour (KP3 (a 3, b 3, c 3)) and an inspection result associated with the at least one control point (KP3 (a 3, b 3, c 3)) representing an actual value, which is compared with a nominal value, characterized in that the workpiece is picked up by a gripper of a handling robot in a defined manner, wherein a defined pick-up means that, with respect to the gripper and a gripper coordinate system (G(a,b,c)) defined on the gripper, each workpiece is picked up and held in an equal relative position to the gripper, and thereby the inner contour of the workpiece assumes a defined relative position with respect to the gripper coordinate system (G (a, b, c)) defined on the gripper, and the gripper is located with the coordinate origin of the gripper coordinate system (G (a, b c)) in a predetermined pick-up position (AP (x 1, y 1, z 1)), in a robot coordinate system (R (x, y, z)) defined by the handling robot, the gripper is moved to a first predetermined gripper position (GP1 (x 2, y 2, z 2)) with respect to an optical inspection unit having a known spatial position relative to the robot coordinate system (R (x, y, z)) and the workpiece is inspected at the at least one control point within the inner contour (KP3 (a 3, b 3, c 3)), and, if a deviation of the actual value from the desired value exceeds a tolerance limit, the gripper is moved to a predetermined second gripper position (GP2 (x 3, y 3, z 3)), towards an ejection unit with a ram (8.1) in such a way that a ram axis (8.0) of the ram (8.1) is directed through the area center point of the inner contour and the ram (8.1) is moved in the direction of the ram axis (8.0), the ram being moved through the inner contour and pushing out any slug still located in the inner contour, whereby the post-processing takes place.