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M-10iA/10M
FANUC
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M-10iA/10M
FANUCThe FANUC M-10iA/10M is a legacy (discontinued) 6-axis articulated industrial robot arm with a 10 kg payload, 1,422 mm reach, ±0.08 mm repeatability, and 130 kg body weight. It is designed for floor (or inverted/angled) mounting and is paired with the R-30iB or R-30iB Plus controller. The robot is a pre-programmed industrial manipulator that executes tasks autonomously once programmed — no human performs or drives the task during operation — and is used in material handling, pick-and-place, machine tending, and order picking applications. It is no longer in production but remains available on the used/secondary market.
Availability
Specification
- payload_capacity
- 10 kg
- reach
- 1,422 mm
- mechanical_weight
- 130 kg
- j1_motion_range_and_speed
- 360° range, 225°/s
- j6_motion_range_and_speed
- 720° range, 700°/s (12.22 rad/s)
- encoder_battery
- 3.0V lithium (CR123A or CR17450E-R equivalent) for absolute encoder backup
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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