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FANUC

Japanese industrial robot maker; previously held a 2,300 kg payload record.

Oct 13, 2026

Chaifu's CR5000-3700 claims a 5-ton payload record at CIIF. Will it work on real lines?

Shanghai Chaifu Robotics showed a robot rated for 5,000.36 kg that lifted a whole car, topping FANUC's 2,300 kg record. Its value depends on reliability in heavy industry.

Oct 13, 20261 min readSources verified

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Oct 2, 2026

Industrial Robots

Hitachi and FANUC team up on shop-floor Physical AI; customer rollout from FY2027

The Japanese giants will validate Physical AI inside Hitachi factories — picking, shape-varying parts, changeovers — then sell jointly from fiscal 2027, as industrial vendors race to productize the buzzword.

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Chaifu's CR5000-3700 claims a 5-ton payload record at CIIF. Will it work on real lines?

Hitachi and FANUC team up on shop-floor Physical AI; customer rollout from FY2027