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DR-3iB/6
FANUC
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- Height
- 1200 mm diameter work envelope (ø1200 × 450 mm height)
- Payload
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- Verified autonomy
- not assessed
- Real deployment
- not assessed
- Status
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DR-3iB/6
FANUCThe FANUC DR-3iB/6 STAINLESS is FANUC's first stainless steel food-grade delta robot, designed for picking and packing primary food products in strict washdown environments. It features a 6 kg payload, 1200 mm horizontal reach, 450 mm vertical reach, ±0.03 mm repeatability, IP69K protection, NSF-H1 certified grease, and USDA/FDA compliance. It operates on the R-30iB Plus controller with integrated iRVision, Force Sensing, Collision Guard, and Zero Downtime (ZDT) functions. The robot autonomously performs pick-and-place tasks on production lines with no human performing the task itself; operational setup, scheduling, and maintenance are required but do not reduce its autonomy classification. Several extracted facts relate to unrelated systems (RL research papers, battle robots, rock tumblers) and are not applicable to this product.
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Specification
- payload_capacity
- 6 kg
- reach
- 1200 mm diameter work envelope (ø1200 × 450 mm height)
- maximum_speed
- 1714 °/s (combined axis maximum)
- mechanical_weight
- 250 kg
- average_power_consumption
- 2.5 kW
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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