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CR-4iA
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CR-4iA
FANUCThe FANUC CR-4iA is a 6-axis collaborative industrial robot (cobot) with a 4 kg payload and 550 mm reach, designed as the smallest in FANUC's CR collaborative series. It is based on the LR Mate platform, features soft green padding for human-safe operation without safety fencing, and is compatible with R-30iA, R-30iB, or R-30iB Plus controllers. The robot performs its assigned industrial tasks (assembly, material handling, etc.) autonomously once programmed, with no human required to perform or drive the task itself. Some independent community reports note configuration difficulties (Ethernet/IP, servo alarms, J4 limit errors) but these are operational/integration issues, not evidence of human task performance. Note: a significant portion of the extracted facts pertain to other FANUC products (CRX-3iA, CRX-10iA/L, CRX-30iA) and have been treated as contextual background rather than CR-4iA-specific facts.
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Specification
- payload
- 4 kg
- reach
- 550 mm
- joint_speeds
- Per robots.com: all axes 250°/s; per cian-sung: J1/J2 150°/s, J3 210°/s, J4/J5/J6 240°/s — sources conflict (see conflict entry)
- joint_ranges
- J1 ±340°, J2 ±150°, J3 ±354°, J4 ±380°, J5 ±200°, J6 ±720°
- tool_max_speed
- 3 m/s (per cian-sung datasheet); 1000 mm/s (1 m/s) per Alibaba listing — see conflict
Price
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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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