CRX-30iA
Heavy lifting cobot
| Max Payload | 30 kg |
| Reach | 1756 mm |
Picking
Discover how cobot picking and placing enhance speed, reduce costs, and improve safety with automated systems that utilize the FANUC CRX
Cobot Picking: Cobot Picking Systems
In today’s fast-paced production environments, precision picking and placing tasks demand consistent speed, accuracy, dexterity, and reliability. FANUC cobots are built to meet these demands. These pick-and-place cobots efficiently handle everything from bin picking to intricate part placement with remarkable repeatability.
Engineered to FANUC’s high-quality standards, CRX cobots deliver unparalleled performance in pick-and-place operations, promising minimal error, reduced product waste, and enhanced quality control. The cobot picking adaptability makes them ideal for a wide range of primary and secondary product handling tasks across industries.
FANUC Cobots for Picking
CRX-10iA
The CRX-10iA cobot is a great option for manufacturers new to robotics. It has a 10kg payload capacity and a 1249mm reach, making it a suitable solution for various tasks.The CRX series offers an all-new FANUC programming interface with simple drag-and-drop technology on a touchscreen teach pendant, making it a great choice for applications like palletizing, welding and assembly. The ease of programming paired with FANUC’s world-renowned technology, proven reliability, and sensitive contact detection allows the CRX-10iA to work safely alongside people in various industrial and manufacturing jobs. The CRX series of Cobots is 8 Years Zero Maintenance with the proven industrial reliability FANUC customers expect. For applications where sanitation is an absolute must, the CRX-10iA is also offered in a food-grade cobot model.
| Max Payload | 10 kg |
| Reach | 1249 mm |
CR-35iB
The Strongest Collaborative Robot
| Max Payload | 50 kg |
| Reach | 1643 mm |
CRX-5iA
The CRX-5iA cobot was made with the intention of working safely and efficiently alongside human staff. With a 5kg payload and 994mm reach, this collaborative robot is perfect for manufacturers with little to no experience in robotics and automation, especially in applications like material handling, machine tending, and picking/packaging. The CRX series offers an all-new FANUC programming interface with simple drag-and-drop technology on a touchscreen teach pendant. The FANUC CRX-5iA is a safe, reliable cobot that can work with people in manufacturing settings. It's built with FANUC's trusted technology and is easy to program, even for beginners. The CRX series of cobots offers 8 Years Zero Maintenance, with the proven industrial reliability that FANUC customers expect. For applications where sanitation is an absolute must, the CRX-5iA is also offered in a food-grade cobot model.
| Max Payload | 5 kg |
| Reach | 994 mm |
CRX-20iA/L
High payload, small footprint cobot
| Max Payload | 20 kg |
| Reach | 1418 mm |
CRX-10iA/L
The CRX-10iA/L cobot is an ideal industrial robot for manufacturers with little to no robotics experience, fitting applications across many industries.The CRX-10iA/L comes equipped with a 10kg payload and a 1,418mm reach, making it a perfect solution for industrial applications such as machine tending, picking & packing, dispensing and welding. The CRX-10iA/L's slightly longer reach than the CRX-10iA and its unique underflip motion allow for it to perform dynamic movements efficiently, even in relatively confined spaces.The CRX series of cobots is 8 Years, Zero Maintenance, with the proven industrial reliability FANUC customers expect. For painting and dispensing applications, this model is also offered as the CRX-10iA/L painting cobot.
| Max Payload | 10 kg |
| Reach | 1418 mm |
FANUC Cobot and Go: Pre-Engineered Picking Solutions
Simplify manufacturing with FANUC’s ready-to-go cobot picking solutions that are pre-engineered, reliable, and efficient. Offering a diverse selection of FANUC’s CRX line of cobot systems, Cobot and Go is an easy-to-navigate starting point that makes searching for pre-engineered solutions by application, robot model, or Authorized System Integrator both intuitive and informative.
MITI MAXX
Industrial Tool, Inc.
MITI MAXX
Robust, mobile automation system featuring the FANUC CRX-10iA cobot. It enhances CNC machine tool operations with easy integration and high safety standards
M-Tend
Matrix Design
M-Tend
M-Tend is Matrix’s standard collaborative machine tending cell built on the FANUC CRX-20iA/L robot to pick, tend, wash, blow off, and stage parts within a compact enclosed workstation. It uses dual Schunk electric grippers, quick-change fingers, part staging nests, a wash dunk tank, and a blow-off station to create a continuous, repeatable production process from raw part loading to finished part staging.
BakerMate™
Midwest Engineered Systems, Inc.
BakerMate™
The BakerMate™ is a portable cobot platform designed to automate common bakery tasks with speed, safety,
and precision. Built with hygienic, food-grade design and simple, recipe-driven changeovers, it helps bakers
maximize efficiency, reduce waste, and adapt quickly to changing production demands.
Cobot Combo
Ultra Tech
Cobot Combo
Cobot Combos simplify automation by pairing the right FANUC CRX robot with tailored services—programming, tooling, installation, and support.
Cobot Picking Application Videos
Dual FANUC CRX-10iA/L robots automate valve bag handling with precise pick-and-place, delivering repeatable accuracy and clean operation.
The CRX automates handling two workpieces using bin picking and vision offsets, loading them onto a 2-axis positioner for simulated welding by the FANUC R-2000.
Benefits of Pick and Place Cobots
Flexible Automation
FANUC’s fully customizable iRPickTool software makes it easy for CRX picking cobots to adapt to operations of all types, from multiple conveyers to complex sorting setups.
Higher Productivity
FANUC picking cobots can significantly boost productivity. CRX cobots are all iRVision ready and can easily be linked to state-of-the-art vision systems and single or multiple 2D cameras or 3D sensors.
Intuitive Picking
FANUC’s automated picking cobots are built to emulate this natural understanding of pick-and-place tasks.
Speed and Efficiency
The speed and consistency of FANUC’s pick-and-place cobots contribute to faster cycles, allowing businesses to meet tight production timelines and scale operations easily.
What is Cobot Picking?
Cobot picking refers to the use of cobots to autonomously identify, grasp, and relocate items within a production or warehouse setting. Unlike traditional industrial robots, pick-and-place cobots are designed to work safely alongside human operators for enhanced efficiency without compromising workplace safety.
Equipped with advanced vision systems, end-of-arm tooling, and machine learning capabilities, FANUC pick-and-place cobots can perform repetitive picking tasks with exceptional speed and precision. Whether retrieving parts from bins, loading components onto conveyors, or placing objects for further processing, cobots streamline the pick-and-place process while freeing up human workers for more important tasks.
Cobot picking is especially valuable in dynamic environments, where flexibility and consistent performance are essential for maintaining throughput and product quality. The CRX line of cobots, offering payloads up to 30 kg, can move items with simple drag-and-drop programming and easy hand guidance, while FANUC’s heavier-duty CR-35iB can lift up to 50kg.
FANUC offers several software packages to help automate pick-and-place tasks quickly and easily with cobot picking.
Cobot Picking Software
iRPickTool
Because no two automated pick-and-place production scenarios are the same, FANUC’s fully customizable iRPickTool software makes it easy to adapt picking and placing operations. FANUC picking cobots can be added to any number of conveyors, products, package configurations, and line setups. Our automated picking tools are fully customizable, ensuring you get the optimal return on your robotics implementation.
iRVision Bin Pick
This software option allows the vision system to recognize the position and posture of parts placed inside a container, and for the cobot to assess how to best pick those parts. It also uses Interference Avoidance to prevent collisions between the robot, gripper, and the bin walls.
iRVision Client
This software allows the pick-and-place robot to interface with vision hardware. Coordination between the vision hardware and software depends on the software version installed.
FANUC Cobot Devices for Picking
Looking to configure your own picking solution? Take a look at authorized FANUC device partners to get a jump start on your new system!
Cobot Picking FAQs
In a cobot picking application, a cobot autonomously identifies, grasps, and relocates items within a production or warehouse setting. Equipped with advanced vision systems, end-of-arm gripper tooling, and machine learning capabilities, picking cobots can perform repetitive picking tasks with speed and precision.
Price ranges for automated picking systems can vary greatly, depending on the requirements of the end user. Cobot systems, however, are generally less expensive than traditional robot solutions that require additional safety infrastructure. And in many cases, pre-engineered picking robot solutions like FANUC’s selection of Cobot-and-Go solutions, by FANUC Authorized System Integrators, can be especially cost-effective.
FANUC’s line of flexible CRX cobots can handle payloads of up to 30 kg (or 66 lbs) while the company’s CR-35iB can manage payloads up to 50 kg. Additionally, the line of CRX pick-and-place cobots boasts an impressive reach of up to 1889 mm.
Cobots are a natural fit for high-mix, low-volume picking tasks. With AI vision, picking software, and a wide range of end-of-arm tooling supplied by FANUC Approved Device Partners, picking cobots can work as flexibly as needed.
The FANUC CRX cobot is the only cobot on the market with FANUC reliability, offering 8 years of “Zero Maintenance” on motors, reducers, sensors, cables, and grease. The CRX has FANUC industrial-strength reliability proven through accelerated life tests on the following parts: castings, reducers, cables, sensors, and PCBs.
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