Fanuc Showcases Latest Industrial and Collaborative Robot Solutions
Fanuc America displayed its latest industrial and collaborative robotic innovations at Automate 2025.
“Today, more than ever, automation is the key to reaching production targets, boosting efficiency, and ensuring employee satisfaction,” says Mike Cicco, president and CEO of Fanuc America. “From start-ups to large-scale manufacturers, Fanuc provides industry-leading, dependable, and cost-effective automation solutions that help companies overcome their greatest challenges.”
At Automate, Fanuc offered a broad selection of new and innovative technologies including a full line of collaborative robots—or cobots—featuring payloads of up to 50 KG and reach at 1,889 mm. Within the diverse cobot selection, Fanuc also showcased its CRX-10iA/L Paint Cobot specifically designed for use in painting, coating and dispensing.
Mounted on a third-party autonomous mobile robot, Fanuc’s CRX-10iA/L Cobot demonstrated automotive kitting as it used the iRVision 3DV vision sensor to accurately pick individual components of a vehicle side-view mirror and deliver the kit to a human operator for assembly and installation onto a door, easing the labor process and eliminating the need for manually delivering parts or kits to the assembly line.
Fanuc used two cobots, visual identification and advanced line tracking to identify, load, paint and unload electric guitar bodies. Using a CRX-10iA/L Paint Cobot with Fanuc 3DV camera and iRVision, the system visually tracked and simulated painting of the guitar bodies. Meanwhile, a CRX-20iA/L Cobot loaded and unloaded guitar bodies from a conveyor to a rack.
Fanuc’s Integral Servo Dispenser Software is paired with adhesive metering equipment to deliver a mobile dispensing system featuring more precise application, better control, better repeatability, and intuitive programming. In this demonstration, a FANUC CRX-30iA cobot featured end-of-arm adhesive metering, FANUC 3DV/400 vision camera and SpotTool+ software to offer a reliable, repeatable, and easily programmable dispense solution in a compact and flexible footprint.
In a two-station cell, Fanuc demonstrated the flexibility and increased productivity allowed when its CRX-10iA/L Cobot is integrated with a 7th axis rail. Featuring a single-axis positioner on one side and a flexible fabricating table on the other, an operator can easily load one cell while welding occurs at the other thanks to an increased work envelope.
Fanuc’s high-precision M-800/60-20B industrial robot milled and drilled aluminum stock using a variety of tools and accommodating various mounting positions. Built to withstand harsh elements like water and debris, this 6-axis model, known for its rigidity and accuracy, offerred a larger work envelope compared to similarly priced CNC machines. Additionally, its adaptability makes it suitable for repurposing across various applications.
The compact LR Mate/7-7D robot with Fanuc’s 3DV/400 vision camera bin picked jumbled boxes from a container onto a conveyor. This robot is running python code natively on its paired Fanuc controller. The second robot, LR Mate/7-9 long arm unit with a 3DV/400 camera and PalletTool Turbo II software—identifies the size of the box on the conveyor and palletizes it onto the appropriate pallet. This controller showcases new cybersecurity protocols including MQTT TLS, the use of a LDAPS server for user access control along with Software PLC capability for cell control and HMI functionality. Additionally, Teach Pendant with lighter weight and enhanced performance is featured.
