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LR Mate 100i
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LR Mate 100i
FANUCThe FANUC LR Mate 100i is a legacy 5-axis, electrically servo-driven articulated industrial robot arm manufactured by FANUC, featuring a 3 kg payload, 620 mm reach, and ±0.04 mm repeatability. It is designed for precision machine loading/unloading, welding, material handling, and pick-and-place tasks, and is available in high-speed and cleanroom variants compatible with RJ2 or RJ3 controllers. The robot is a discontinued but still-in-use legacy product, available on the used market for approximately $5,355. The vast majority of the extracted facts pertain to FANUC's broader product portfolio and corporate activities rather than the LR Mate 100i specifically, limiting the depth of model-specific analysis. As a programmed industrial robot arm, it executes its assigned tasks autonomously once deployed and programmed, with no human performing the task itself during operation.
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Specification
- payload
- 3 kg (LR Mate 100i); note: LR Mate 100iB variant listed at 5 kg
- reach
- 620 mm
- joint_speeds
- J1: 180°/s, J2: 180°/s, J3: 225°/s, J4: 216°/s, J5: 272°/s
- joint_ranges
- J1: ±160°, J2: +150°/−35°, J3: +206°/−159°, J4: ±120°, J5: ±200°
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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