Automation & Robotics for Automotive Manufacturing
Offering speed, precision and reliability FANUC automation and robotics help automotive manufacturers reach their peak performance.
Robotics & Automation for the Automotive Industry
FANUC America is the world's leading and most trusted supplier of industrial robots and automation to the automotive industry and its suppliers. We provide a full range of robotic solutions for any automotive manufacturing application.
Automotive automation companies like FANUC America enable automotive OEMs, as well as tier one, two, and three suppliers, to all profit from the continuing advances in robotics and automation for automotive applications. By leveraging intelligent automation solutions that maximize efficiency and increase output, automotive manufacturers can remain profitable and competitive in the face of increasingly challenging market conditions.
Likewise, the high degree of repeatability and precision this technology offers suppliers enables them to meet the increasingly high standards being asked of them by OEMs. Regardless of where you are in the automotive supply chain, FANUC has solutions that optimize your processes and increase productivity.
FANUC Robotics Product Line for Automotive Manufacturing
FANUC offers a lineup of robotic solutions tailored to the automotive industry, including:
FANUC CNCs and Machines for Automotive Manufacturing
FANUC CNC controls and drives are incredibly reliable and designed for ultimate accuracy. They can also be adapted to perform a vast array of material subtractive and additive processes, plus loader and conveyor applications. FANUC can help you improve your processes with the following automation systems:
Automotive Manufacturing Case Studies
Case Study
Automating Body Plug Insertion with FANUC Robots
General Motors improved worker ergonomics and production efficiency by working with FANUC to automate plug insertion with a validated system that ensures accurate, error‑free installation.
Case Study
Metal Stamper Overcomes Labor Shortage with Automation Upgrade
Struggling with labor shortages and an aging system, Pentaflex partnered with JR Automation to deploy FANUC robotics, cutting labor needs while improving output, flexibility, and quality.
Case Study
First-Ever Robotic Paint Repair Solution on a Moving Automotive Line
GM partnered with 3M and Inovision to automate paint inspection and repair on a moving line, delivering consistent finishes, lower costs, and reduced reliance on manual inspection.
FANUC Robots for Automotive Painting
FANUC America has a full range of painting and coating robots to help automotive manufacturers drastically improve their paint processes. FANUC paint robots are suitable for a wide variety of painting and coating applications; our paint series offers easy access, optimal work envelopes, and maximized throughput.
Automotive Bearing Spraying
A FANUC paint robot sprays automotive bearings with controlled motion to apply consistent, precise coatings.
Video courtesy of Turbo Spray Midwest Inc.
Painting Oil Pans and Valve Covers
A FANUC LR Mate robot paints oil pans and valve covers with controlled, repeatable coating application.
Video courtesy of Robotic Technical Support Services, Inc. (RTSS)
Automotive Body Painting
FANUC paint robots apply coatings to car bodies as they move along a conveyor in an automated automotive paint line.
P-50iB Painting Automotive Axles
A FANUC P‑50iB paint robot applies coating to automotive axles during an automated painting operation.
Painting Automotive Plastic Parts
FANUC P-250iB paint robots paint moving plastic automotive parts.
Automotive Paint Booth with FANUC Paint Robots
FANUC paint robots operate in an automotive paint booth, opening vehicle doors to apply paint to interior and exterior surfaces.
FANUC Robots for Automotive Arc/Spot Welding & Material Joining
FANUC provides customized products and interfaces to automate MIG/MAG, MIG pulse, TIG and plasma welding processes. For decades, FANUC automotive welding robots have provided automotive manufacturers with robotic arc welding and spot welding robot systems that provide consistent welds while increasing the quality of your automotive products and parts.
Welding Automotive Components
Four FANUC Arc Mate robots weld an automotive trailer hitch using a dual trunnion positioner for simultaneous loading and welding.
Video courtesy of TranTek Automation Corporation
Robo-Rivet Robotic Riveting System
The Robo‑Rivet system uses FANUC robots to perform precise, repeatable blind fastening for complex structural and mixed‑material assemblies.
Video courtesy of ARM Automation
Cadillac CT6 Manufacturing
FANUC R‑2000 robots perform automated spot welding on Cadillac CT6 bodies during high‑volume automotive assembly.
FANUC R-2000iD/210FH Spot Welding Demo
A FANUC R‑2000iD/210FH robot performs spot welding on automotive assemblies in a high‑payload welding demonstration.
7-Axis Automotive Spot Welding Demo
A 7‑axis robot performs automotive spot welding with added flexibility to reach complex joints and weld locations.
FANUC Robots for Automotive Assembly
FANUC offers a variety of highly reliable assembly automotive robots that are dexterous, repeatable, compact and fast. From 5 to 6-axis articulated robots, 3 to 6-axis delta robots, to our SCARA Robots and Collaborative Robots, we have the assembly robots and the intelligent features needed to keep your production goals on track.
Automated Sidelite Assembly
This robotic cell assembles laminated automotive side windows by placing vinyl sheets between glass panels using vision‑guided robots.
Video courtesy of Premier Automation LLC
Automated Swing Arm Assembly
A robotic assembly system uses FANUC robots and iRVision to assemble automotive swing arms with integrated handling and orientation.
Video courtesy of Edgewater Automation
Multi-Robot Engine Cover Assembly System
FANUC robots perform vision inspection, sealing, baffle and sensor installation, leak testing, and bolt fastening on aluminum engine covers.
Video courtesy of TranTek Automation Corporation
FANUC Robots for Automotive Part/Body Transfer & Material Handling
Need to move some automotive parts? From the smallest part to an entire automotive body, FANUC America offers an extensive lineup of part transfer automotive robots. These robots are iRVision and force sensor-ready, and capable of high-speed transfer in a well-optimized system.
Car Body Transfer and Seam Sealer Application
Three FANUC M‑2000iA robots transfer full vehicle bodies while FANUC M‑20iA robots apply underbody sealer using vision‑guided dispensing.
Automotive Seat Transfer from Semi-Truck Demonstration
A FANUC M‑2000iA robot unloads palletized automotive seats from a trailer using 3D vision and transfers them onto an overhead conveyor.
Esys Automation Robot Destacking Transfer System
A FANUC M‑900 robot destacks sheet blanks using double‑sheet detection, while a FANUC R‑2000 unloads formed parts with vision guidance.
Video courtesy of TranTek Automation Corporation
FANUC Robots for Automotive Sealing
Apply your adhesives with more precision, accuracy and efficiency with dispensing robots from FANUC America. Using automotive dispensing robots for sealer applications provide a variety of advantages including improved consistency, higher speeds and productivity, and increased system uptime.
Automotive Sealer Dispensing
A FANUC M‑20iA robot applies automotive sealant using vision‑guided, servo‑controlled dispensing for precise seam coverage.
Car Body Seam Sealer Application
Multiple FANUC robots apply seam sealer to car bodies using vision guidance, rail‑mounted reach, and automated hood and deck opening.
FANUC Robots for Automotive Material Removal / Finishing
FANUC's material removal solutions cover an extensive variety of applications for automotive, including cutting, grinding, deburring, deflashing, polishing, waterjet cutting, routering, and more.
High Precision Laser Guided Routing for Hardtops
Video courtesy of Automated Industrial Robotics (AIR)
Plastic Injection Molding Machine with Robotic Deflashing
Automated de‑flashing cell uses an M‑900iA and LR Mate robots to remove flash from complex molded parts with precision.
Video courtesy of Steven Douglas Corporation
Deburring Automotive Parts
A FANUC R‑2000iC/210F robot transfers parts through brushing, deburring, chamfering, and blow‑off operations in an automated process cell.
Video courtesy of FLT / Fibro Laepple Technology Inc
Robotic Rim Polishing
A FANUC R-2000iB/210F polishes automotive wheels.
Video courtesy of Acme Manufacturing Co
Have an Automotive Challenge? We Have an Automation Solution
Think you have an automotive challenge we’ve never solved before? Try us. We’re up for the challenge. We’re confident that nobody in the robotics and automation industry has more automotive industry experience, knowledge and expertise than FANUC, making us the leading automotive automation company.
Robotic Engine Block Inspection
FANUC Robots clean, inspect, and handle cylinder blocks using air jets, Eddy Current testing, AI‑driven results, and auto marking for precise quality control.
Video courtesy of Acieta, LLC
Robotic Flame Treatment
A robotic flame treatment system uses a FANUC M‑710iC robot to apply oxygen‑rich flame to vinyl floor moldings for surface preparation.
Video courtesy of Pioneer Industrial Systems LLC
Testing Automotive Seats
RCO’s Robostand uses FANUC robots to perform automated comfort, durability, and ingress/egress testing on automotive seats and components.
Automotive Part Handling for Spot Welding System
FANUC robots use vision to pick bulk parts, re‑orient them, and feed a spot welder for continuous automated nut welding.
Video courtesy of Integrion Automation
Wheel Palletizing and Packaging
Wheel palletizing cell uses FANUC R‑2000iC robots, conveyors, and vision to verify dunnage, pick wheels, place protective sheets, and band finished pallets.
Video courtesy of Hyperion Automation
Production and Assembly System for Subframes
An overhead gantry system uses FANUC robots to load and unload large workpieces across multiple horizontal CNC machining centers.
Automating Automotive Manufacturing Processes with Robots
With a long reputation in the automotive industry for rock-solid product quality and the highest levels of customer service and support, including an automotive sales and engineering team with well over a century of combined automotive knowledge, FANUC America offers a variety of automation and automotive robotics solutions for nearly every automotive manufacturing process. These range from robots equipped with advanced vision and motion control systems to solutions for automotive assembly, arc and spot welding, part transfer, inspection, parts handling, machine tending, painting, sealing, material removal, finishing and much more.
Robots and automated solutions are ideally suited to these types of repetitive tasks that demand high levels of throughput and that are dull, tedious, or may even pose a health risk to people. New robot technology continues to evolve in the automotive manufacturing space, including our collaborative robots, or cobots, which work side-by-side with people to improve safety and workplace ergonomics. In every case FANUC, as one of the top automotive automation companies, has a solution to improve your cycle time and increase throughput.
Case Studies
Case Study
First-Ever Robotic Paint Repair Solution on a Moving Automotive Line
GM partnered with 3M and Inovision to automate paint inspection and repair on a moving line, delivering consistent finishes, lower costs, and reduced reliance on manual inspection.
Case Study
Automating Body Plug Insertion with FANUC Robots
General Motors improved worker ergonomics and production efficiency by working with FANUC to automate plug insertion with a validated system that ensures accurate, error‑free installation.
Products
Products Related to Automotive
Videos
Videos Related to Automotive
3M Finesse-it Robotic Paint Repair System and General Motors
Automotive Seat Pick and Load with Vision Tracking
A FANUC M-710iD/70 performs automotive seat pick and load utilizing iRVision, Modular RTU, and iPC for real time visual tracking on a conveyor.
Vehicle Lift and Tilt
A FANUC M-2000/1700F-47A lifts and tilts a fully assembled vehicle demonstrating the wrist strength and flexibility of the world's largest robot.
Robotic Spot Welding and Material Joining
Robotic spot welding systems join automotive parts with precise, repeatable welds using coordinated robot motion.
Automotive Robotic Spot Welding
FANUC R‑2000 robots perform automated spot welding to join automotive body components with speed and repeatable accuracy.
Painting Automotive Plastic Parts
FANUC paint robots apply coatings to automotive plastic parts with controlled motion and consistent spray coverage.
7 Axis Robotic Spot Welding
A 7‑axis FANUC R‑1000 robot performs robotic spot welding with extended reach and flexible positioning for automotive assemblies.
Automotive Robotic Spot Welding Demo
FANUC R‑2000 robot demos automated spot welding to join automotive body components during vehicle assembly.
Pioneer Case Study - Robotic Sanding
A FANUC M‑710iC robot sanding parts using interchangeable fixtures, pressure‑controlled tooling, and automated part rotation for underside access.
Video courtesy of Pioneer Industrial Systems LLC
Painting Automotive Axles
A custom robotic paint system uses a FANUC P‑50iB robot to coat parts as they move through conveyors, a paint booth, and curing oven.
Video courtesy of Compass Automation
Automotive Paint Booth with FANUC Paint Robots
FANUC paint robots automate coating application inside an automotive paint booth for consistent vehicle finishing.
Rivet Fastening
A FANUC R‑2000iB/210F robot performs automated riveting and fastening using blind fasteners in heavy‑duty assembly operations.
Video courtesy of ARM Automation
