Real-time 3D vision for your FANUC CRX
Inbolt gives CRX cobots the ability to see. Locate parts in 6DoF, adapt trajectories in real time, and automate stations without jigs, fixtures, or mechanical indexing. Trained on CAD in minutes.
Why add vision to your CRX?
The FANUC CRX is built for fast, flexible deployment. But like any robot, it can only move to positions it’s been taught. If parts arrive scattered in a bin, shifted on a pallet, or slightly out of place, the cobot stops or fails.
Inbolt removes that constraint. A robot-mounted 3D camera and a CAD-trained AI vision model locate each part in 6DoF in real time, and Inbolt corrects the robot’s trajectory on the fly. The CRX picks, places, and assembles parts wherever they actually are, not where they’re supposed to be.
Training takes minutes, not weeks. Inbolt learns parts directly from their CAD model. No dataset collection, no labeling, no internet connection required. It works on painted, machined, metallic, and semi-transparent parts, in any lighting.
Proven impact, measurable results
5
< 5 min
CAD training time
0.5
± 0.5 mm
Localization accuracy
100
100 +
Factories using Inbolt
80
80 ms
Perception to motion
Deploy CRX stations in days, not months
Inbolt cuts the two biggest costs in cobot deployment: custom fixturing and integration time.
No fixtures, no jigs
Traditional automation needs parts presented in exactly the same position every cycle. That means custom trays, jigs, and mechanical indexing engineered per station. Inbolt’s real-time localization makes all of it unnecessary. Present parts in bins, on racks, or on pallets, and the CRX adapts.
Set up in minutes
Import the part’s CAD model, and Inbolt trains its vision model locally in under 5 minutes. Program the station, and you’re running. When production changes to a new part variant, retrain from the new CAD and keep going. No vision expertise required.
Proven on the factory floor
Inbolt runs in production at major manufacturers across automotive, appliances, and general industry: 100+ factories on three continents, powering 40M+ robot cycles in 2025. IP65-rated hardware, on-premise processing, built for real plant conditions.
What Inbolt adds to your FANUC CRX
One camera, one controller, and a vision model trained on your parts’ CAD.
6DoF part localization
Position and orientation of every part, in real time, with accuracy down to ±0.5 mm (< 0.3 mm with the High Precision Camera).
CAD-trained AI
One generalist vision model learns any part from its CAD file in under 5 minutes. No datasets, no labeling.
Robot-mounted camera
One compact IP65 camera on the CRX wrist handles any bin, rack, or pallet position. No overhead rigs.
Real-time trajectory adaptation
Inbolt streams corrected coordinates to the robot as it moves, so the CRX adjusts mid-motion instead of stopping on error.
Any lighting, any surface
Works on painted, machined, metallic, and semi-transparent parts. Fully agnostic to lighting conditions.
On-premise by design
Everything runs on Inbolt’s industrial controller. No cloud, no internet, no production data leaving your plant.
What you can automate on CRX
From picking to fastening, Inbolt lets CRX robots adapt to real production conditions, stationary or moving.
Bin Picking
Pick & place and de-racking
Assembly & fastening
Machine tending
Dispensing & sealing
FAQ
Answers to common questions about Inbolt’s vision-guidance for FANUC CRX.
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Yes. Inbolt connects natively to the CRX controller, with no middleware or custom development. Stationary applications use FANUC’s User Socket Messaging option (R648). Moving line applications add Stream Motion (J519) and KAREL (R632), on controller software v9.0 with the P84 patch and above. Setup takes minutes: mount the camera, connect the controller, import your part’s CAD, and train.
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All of them. Inbolt is compatible with the full FANUC CRX range: CRX-3iA, CRX-5iA, CRX-10iA, CRX-10iA/L, CRX-10iA/L Paint, CRX-20iA/L, CRX-30iA, the Food Grade variants, and the CR-35iB, so long as the controller is R30iB+ or R50iA. See the Inbolt Product Brochure for more info.
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No. Inbolt trains on your part’s CAD model automatically, in under 5 minutes, locally. There’s no dataset collection, no labeling, and no vision tuning. If you can program a CRX, you can deploy Inbolt.
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An Inbolt camera mounted on the CRX wrist and the Inbolt controller, an industrial PC that runs everything on-premise. The Standard Camera covers most applications. The High Precision Camera handles small or flat parts needing < 0.3 mm accuracy.
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Part detection in 100 ms, localization accuracy of ±0.5 to 1 mm with the Standard Camera and under 0.3 mm with the High Precision Camera. Bin picking cycles run under 1 second per pick.
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Vision-guided CRX stations don’t need the custom fixtures, jigs, and mechanical indexing that usually make up a large share of integration cost. Customers typically reach ROI within 12 months, and reprogramming for a new part variant takes minutes instead of triggering a re-engineering project.
Give your CRX eyes and brains
Talk to our team about adding real-time 3D vision to your FANUC CRX. We’ll help you scope the application, validate your parts, and deploy in days.
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