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R-2000iB
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R-2000iB
FANUCThe FANUC R-2000iB is a heavy-duty 6-axis industrial articulated robot arm manufactured by FANUC, available in multiple payload variants (165 kg, 175 kg, 185 kg, 210 kg, and up to 260 kg) with reaches ranging from approximately 2,655 mm to 3,500 mm. It is designed for spot welding, material handling, palletizing, and assembly applications, and has been deployed in major automotive plants (Toyota, General Motors). The robot operates autonomously once programmed — executing its industrial tasks without human teleoperation or remote driving — and is sold new and used across a wide price range ($6,400–$70,000+ depending on variant and configuration). A significant portion of the extracted facts are irrelevant to this system (covering Honda generators, DACs, solar stations, bipedal research robots, and soldering stations) and have been disregarded.
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Specification
- payload capacity (210F variant)
- 210 kg
- payload capacity (165F variant)
- 165 kg
- reach
- 2,655 mm
- joint speed (J1)
- 95°/s
- joint speed (J6)
- 190°/s
- power requirements
- 480V 3-Phase
- controller weight
- 200 kg
Price
No public price — contact the supplier for a quote.
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Evidence-graded claims from the FANUC deep report
FANUC industrial robots (welding, palletizing, painting, assembly, machine tending) operate fully autonomously once programmed — no human performs or drives the task during operation.
Independent community practitioners on Reddit (r/PLC, r/robotics) confirm FANUC robots run their assigned tasks independently in live production environments, consistent with the autonomy verdict (confidence 0.93); no evidence of remote human task-driving was found [16][19][20].
from FANUC deep report →FANUC's hardware is well-built, reliable, accurate, and very long-lived in real-world industrial deployments.
Independent community sources on Reddit (r/PLC) corroborate hardware reliability and longevity claims, explicitly contrasting strong hardware quality against software shortcomings [16][17][19].
from FANUC deep report →
FANUC is showcasing Physical AI and AI-enabled robotics, including a collaboration with Google AI for agent-powered robot operation, representing a meaningful leap in adaptive autonomy.
Evidence is limited to FANUC America's own press releases from Automate 2026 — no independent third-party testing, customer deployment data, or external validation of the AI capability claims has been identified [11][14].
from FANUC deep report →FANUC America announced a $90 million investment to construct an 840,000 sq ft robot manufacturing facility in the US (announced March 2026).
The investment announcement is confirmed by a PR Newswire press release and LinkedIn corroboration, but these are distribution channels for the company's own announcement — no independent journalist investigation, regulatory filing, or construction verification has been identified; the facility is not yet built [10][12].
from FANUC deep report →
FANUC robots achieve high positional accuracy in real-world deployments, consistent with advertised specifications.
Independent practitioner reports on Reddit (r/Fanuc, r/PLC) document ~0.3 mm positional error in real-world mid-range positions and express skepticism about trusting advertised performance data, indicating a gap between spec-sheet claims and field reality [18][19].
from FANUC deep report →
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