At the IMTS show taking place this week in Chicago, FANUC Robotics America Inc. introduced its new M-2000iA super heavy-duty robot.
The robot is designed to meet requirements for handling truck, tractor, and automotive frames and parts, and offers a 900 kg payload.
"The M-2000iA is the worlds largest and strongest six-axis robot," said Rich Meyer, product manager, FANUC Robotics. "It has the longest reach and the strongest wrist -- surpassing all other six-axis robots available today. The wrist strength sets a record, but more importantly, allows our customers to move large heavy parts a great distance with maximum stability."
The rigid arm design of the M-2000iA/900L has a vertical lifting stroke of 6.2 m for transferring extremely heavy items such as a car body.