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CRX-10iA/L Paint
FANUC
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CRX-10iA/L Paint
FANUCThe FANUC CRX-10iA/L Paint is a 6-axis, 10 kg payload, 1,418 mm reach collaborative robot (cobot) specifically engineered for industrial painting, powder/liquid coating, and fiberglass applications. It is the first and only cobot approved for painting under U.S. safety standards and the first explosion-proof (ATEX/IECEx/NEC Class I Div 1) collaborative paint robot approved globally, enabling human co-workers to operate in the same paint booth without safety fences. The robot features IP67 protection, internal force sensing, up to 8 years of zero scheduled maintenance (vendor claim), and intuitive lead-through/drag-and-drop programming. Once programmed and deployed, it executes painting tasks fully autonomously — including extended unattended operation — with no human performing the painting task itself.
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Specification
- payload
- 10 kg maximum
- reach
- 1,418 mm
- mechanical_weight
- 45 kg
- power_supply
- 200–240 V standard power source
- speed
- 1,000 mm/s (collaborative mode); 2,000 mm/s (high-speed/closed booth mode)
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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