Solutions for Decreases in the Workforce and Skilled Engineers

The number of workers in the manufacturing industry, as well as the number of skilled engineers is expected to decrease in the future.
FANUC promotes labor saving through the automation and robotization of factories, in order to solve the problem.
In addition, if engineers cannot operate the machines properly, not only will productivity decline, but also the facility operating rates will decrease due to such failures, and the engineers themselves may be injured. We strive to solve this issues by developing user-friendly products.

Partial automation of work processes by collaborative robots	Collaborative robots do not require a safety fence, because they securely stop operating when coming into contact with humans. This enables the partial automation of work processes at manual labor production sites. Collaborative robots provide additional options for solving labor shortage.
Introduction of robots on machine tools	In order to reduce the technical roadblocks involved in building robot systems, we have packaged the basic elements required to connect CNCs and robots. FANUC facilitates the introduction of systems that easily connect machine tools and industrial machinery to robots and easily check operation status, as well as with robot control by CNC programming (G code command) and manual handles, including a function that automatically views and recognizes the relative positions of the machine and the robot, without requiring correction of the robot’s position teaching.
Visual guidance screen	With ROBOCUT, functions such as a simple adjustment for adjusting machining parameters, which enables easy ﬁne-tuning, are displayed on the guidance screen, to provide visual guidance on how to use the machines. We give attention to make them user-friendly even for unskilled operators.
Easy-to-use user interface (UI)	By making the UI of the teaching pendant used in the teaching of robots easier to use and adopting a tablet style for the pendant, we have made it easy even for unskilled workers to conduct operation and programming. The collaborative robot CRX has made the creation of teaching programs easier, enabling operators to use their hands to move the robot arms directly and control the robot easily even on first-time use. With the tablets now widely used, operators can create teaching programs by dragging and dropping icons, just as they would with a smartphone.
SERVO GUIDE, AI Servo Tuning	We provide machinery manufacturers with support tools for the easy realization of high-level tuning of parameters to control the servo motor. The inclusion of an AI-based tuning support function enables even unskilled operators to carry out servo tuning.
CRX arc welding function	It is easy to handle the robot and replicate the welding techniques of experienced welders even for first-time users, thanks to Direct Teach, which lets you move the arm directly by hand, and the intuitive arc welding operation, through icons on a tablet. In addition, because the CRX is a cooperative robot, it can be easily introduced without safety fences.
Dual-screen simultaneous display	ROBOSHOT uses a 21.5-inch display, one of the largest in the injection molding machine industry, and our unique dual-screen simultaneous display for improved screen operability. The help display corresponding to each setting item allows even first-time ROBOSHOT operators to set up the screen without a manual.
Smart programming	NC programs can be automatically created by only inputting the size of a shape and processing condition number in accordance with instructions on the screen with respect to the basic shapes such as a polygon, circle shape, track shape in addition to a keyway shape used for ROBOCUTs.
Multilingual support	ROBOMACHINE promotes multilingual operation screens so that all customers around the world can comfortably operate the machine in their local language.