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DR-3iB/6 STAINLESS
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DR-3iB/6 STAINLESS
FANUCThe FANUC DR-3iB/6 STAINLESS is FANUC's first stainless steel food-grade delta robot, designed for high-speed picking and packing of primary food products in strict washdown environments. It features a 4-axis parallel-link design with a 6 kg payload, 1200 mm horizontal reach, 450 mm vertical stroke, ±0.03 mm repeatability, and full IP69K protection with NSF-H1 food-grade lubricants, USDA/FDA compliance, and mirror-finish stainless steel construction. It operates with the R-30iB Plus controller and integrates iRVision, Force Sensing, Collision Guard, and Zero Down Time (ZDT) functions. The robot is an industrial fixed-installation system that autonomously performs its picking/packing task once programmed and integrated; no human performs or drives the task during operation. Several extracted facts relate to entirely different robotic systems (a tunnel-drilling robot, a bipedal robot, a CRX cobot) and are not applicable to the DR-3iB/6 STAINLESS.
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Specification
- payload_capacity
- 6 kg
- horizontal_reach
- 1200 mm
- mechanical_weight
- 250 kg
- j4_max_speed
- 1714 °/s
- j4_range
- 720°
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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