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M-1iA/0.5A
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M-1iA/0.5A
FANUCThe FANUC M-1iA/0.5A is a 6-axis, delta/parallel-link industrial robot manufactured in Japan by FANUC, designed for high-speed pick-and-place, assembly, dispensing, and small-parts handling in electronics, food, medical, and pharmaceutical industries. Its core specifications are well-established across multiple independent and official sources: 0.5 kg payload (with an optional additional 0.5 kg), 280 mm horizontal reach, ±0.02 mm repeatability, 17–20 kg robot mass, and joint speeds up to 1440°/s. The robot operates fully autonomously once programmed and integrated, executing its pick-and-place tasks without human intervention, and can be enhanced with optional iRVision, line tracking, and visual line tracking. Several facts in the extracted dataset are irrelevant to this system (e.g., iGarden pool cleaner, VLA research papers, OpenVLA), and have been excluded from the reconciled picture.
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Specification
- payload
- 0.5 kg (standard); optional additional 0.5 kg for 1 kg total
- reach
- 280 mm (horizontal/H-reach for 0.5A variant)
- joint_speed
- J1, J2, J3: 1440°/s (25.13 rad/s)
- joint_range
- J1: ±720°, J2: ±300°, J3: ±720°
- cycle_speed
- Up to 3000 cycles/hour
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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