MODEX 2026: FANUC America showcases robotics and AMRs for warehousing and logistics

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FANUC America will demonstrate five high-performance robotic systems at MODEX 2026, and the company said that these technologies deliver practical, real-world results for warehousing, logistics and supply chain professionals.

By visiting FANUC’s booth at MODEX, the company said that attendees can experience technologies that streamline box handling, scanning, picking, palletizing, depalletizing and autonomous material movement while improving accuracy, boosting throughput, reducing physical strain, enhancing safety, and helping companies address labor shortages.

FANUC said that its AI‑enhanced vision and intelligent perception tools help robots identify products, adapt to mixed workloads, and make real-time decisions in dynamic warehouse environments.

CRX‑30iA mobile manipulator demonstrates palletizing

New to FANUC’s booth at MODEX 2026 is the CRX‑30iA mobile manipulator, which demonstrates palletizing with a fully integrated robotic AMR system engineered for warehouse, fulfillment and distribution environments. The company said that this offering takes on ergonomically challenging jobs that traditionally put strain on employees while delivering high throughput.

AI‑driven perception tools, including payload estimation, box‑locating vision and barcode‑based decision logic, allow the CRX‑30iA and OTTO 600 AMR from Rockwell Automation to adapt automatically to varied box sizes, pallet conditions and routing requirements.

FANUC said that the system’s intelligent safety architecture uses area scanners and smart speed control to maintain high‑speed operation when the area is clear, and slows automatically when workers approach, enabling safe, fenceless collaboration.

“MODEX is where the supply chain industry comes to see what’s next, and FANUC’s products and technologies show how we can help customers solve their toughest fulfillment and logistics challenges,” said Jim Cooper, general manager, U.S. general industry sales, FANUC America. “Our lineup at MODEX reflects the depth of FANUC’s automation portfolio - everything from collaborative systems to high‑speed industrial robots - working together to streamline key warehouse and fulfillment tasks.”

The company said its MODEX demo combines the high‑payload CRX‑30iA collaborative robot with the OTTO 600 AMR to pick, weigh, transport, palletize and sort boxes. The CRX‑30iA operates at its top collaborative speed, while the AMR can travel up to 2 meters per second to support efficient intralogistics performance. Technologies included are:

• A robot‑mounted 3DV/400 sensor for box locating
• CRX‑30iA palletizing from quarter pallets
• Payload estimation and compensation for flexible handling
• The AMR transports multiple boxes at once and builds full pallets
• iRVision barcode scanning for routing, sorting and verification
• Full repalletizing and depalletizing sequences (quarter pallet to full pallet)
• AI‑assisted perception for dynamic box recognition, accurate positioning and adaptive palletizing logic

FANUC said that this system demonstrates how collaborative robots and AMRs streamline intralogistics through flexible box handling, mixed pallet building and autonomous transport, while maintaining safety and efficiency.

Additional FANUC demos at MODEX 2026

FANUC said that it will also display three other systems representing real‑world logistics and fulfillment applications, including:

• Interactive box scanning, featuring the CRX‑10iA collaborative robot
  • A hands‑on, customer‑controlled experience showing the ease of CRX programming. Attendees can use free‑hand teach, drag‑and‑drop programming, and a custom Tablet Teach Pendant interface to teach label inspection and barcode reading using a 3DV/200 vision sensor.
• Tote consolidation, featuring the M‑10/12‑14D industrial robot
  • A multi‑SKU pick‑and‑place demonstration using 2D iRVision cameras to read bin barcodes and a 3DV/600 sensor to find pickable items. Products are scanned with an integrated RFID reader to identify items and consolidate totes. This combination of 2D cameras, 3D vision and RFID provides an intelligent item‑identification workflow for complex fulfillment environments.
• Flexible palletizing and depalletizing, featuring the M‑710/50‑26D
  • A palletizing and depalletizing demonstration utilizing the FANUC M‑710/50‑26D robot equipped with a 3DV/1600 3D vision sensor and FANUC iPC Box, which enables FANUC’s AI Box Locator to detect and locate boxes for precise handling. Using the AI Box Locator vision tool, the vision system determines pick locations for difficult‑to‑decipher patterns on products. The M‑710/50‑26D then depalletizes and repalletizes product between pallets and conveyors while also handling slip sheets between each layer.