FANUC Robotics America has introduced its intelligent R-1000iA/100F Learning Robot and iRVision. “The Learning Robot improves robot performance by actually learning the characteristics of a specific application path,” said Mike Cicco, General Manager, FANUC Robotics America Corp. “With the LVC system, the softwaremeasures the path characteristics with an accelerometer mounted to the EOAT. After the path is run several times, allowing the LVC system to collect the path data and download it to the controller, the robot operates according to the LVC data with less vibration and improved cycle time.” The R-1000iA/80F has an 80 kg payload, and the R-1000iA/ 100F has a 100 kg payload. Both robots feature a slim design, allowing customers to reduce the overall size of their automation system by using more robots in each work cell, or making work cells with a single robot significantly smaller. The narrow footprint of the R- 1000iA also allows for easy access to adjacent robots, fixtures and work pieces, the company said. The R- 1000iA can be floor or invert mounted and has a large work envelope. FANUC’s iRVision is designed to be a truly integrated, plug-and-go vision system that runs on the standard CPU of every FANUC controller without any additional hardware. A single source solution developed and supported by FANUC, iRVision is designed to offer easy setup and operation for factory environments requiring 2D and 3D guidance, error proofing, visual tracking and quality control. For more information contact: FANUC Robotics America, Inc. 3900 West Hamlin Rd. Rochester Hills, MI 48309-3253 248-377-7000 800-iQ-ROBOT www.fanucrobotics.com