FANUC CRX Collaborative Robots

FANUC America is a subsidiary of FANUC Corporation of Japan, headquartered in Rochester Hills, Michigan, supplying CNCs, robots and ROBOMACHINEs with facilities across North and South America. The CRX series is its line of collaborative robots.

In April 2026 the company introduced the CRX-3iA, an 11 kg cobot with 3 kg payload and 692 mm reach that one person can carry. The CRX line also gained a triangle weave profile for vertical-up welding, touch sensing with auto weld point detection, palletizing support up to 40 kg on the CRX-30iA, a high-flow air kit for large suction grippers, and availability on the new R-50iA controller.

• CRX-3iA: 3 kg payload, 692 mm reach, 11 kg weight.
• Triangle weave: vertical-up welding profile that counters weld puddle sag.
• Touch sensing: precise robot placement is not required for portable welding.
• Palletizing: CRX-30iA supports payloads up to 40 kg with a high-flow air kit.
• Flexible mounting: magnetic base, wall or ceiling with automatic angle detection.
• R-50iA controller: Python scripting, ROS 2 streaming and cybersecurity features.

A shipyard or steel-structure workshop welding vertical joints with a portable cobot. A packaging plant palletizing cartons up to 40 kg. A small-batch assembly line using a CRX for screwdriving.

The portable CRX-3iA can be moved to the work, including on a magnetic base. Auto weld point detection and auto path generation shorten setup. The CRX-30iA handles palletizing payloads up to 40 kg. The vendor states eight years of maintenance-free operation for the CRX series.

Cobots are moving into welding and palletizing for high-mix work as skilled labor tightens. Vietnamese metal-fabrication and packaging SMEs can start with portable, low-payload cobots before scaling.

FANUC America is a subsidiary of FANUC Corporation (Japan), based in Rochester Hills, Michigan; website footer shows 1987-2026. CRX-3iA announced 20 April 2026. Founded year not stated on the page.