Fairino
Fairino, FAIR Innovation of Suzhou, builds the FR Series of six axis collaborative robots spanning payloads from 3 to 30 kilogrammes with reaches to 1,854 millimetres and repeatability to ±0.02 millimetres, dual encoders on every joint, ISO 10218, 13849 and TS 15066 safety with CE, NRTL and SEMI certification, browser based WebAPP programming, open C sharp, C plus plus, Python, ROS and ROS 2 development, and application kits for welding, screw tightening and palletising, billed as the world's best selling collaborative robot with more than 14,000 units sold in 2025.
Fairino
The frontier of automation is not the humanoid laboratory; it is the metal shop with eleven employees that still tightens every screw by hand. Fairino, formally FAIR Innovation (Suzhou) Robot System Co., builds for exactly that frontier: six axis collaborative robots engineered to make automation precise, safe and, crucially, adoptable, priced for small and medium enterprises, programmed from a web browser, certified to the full international safety canon, and manufactured on the company's own component stack, with dual encoders on every joint carrying repeatability as fine as ±0.02 millimetres. The formula sells: Fairino bills the range as the world's best selling collaborative robot, with more than 14,000 units sold in 2025 alone. From its Suzhou research centre and manufacturing bases in Suzhou and Zibo, the company ships the FR Series, a clean payload ladder from the 3 kilogramme FR3 to the 30 kilogramme FR30, that answers the question most factories actually ask, not what can robots do, but which one fits this bench, this cell, this budget.
The openness is deliberate strategy. Every FR arm programs through the browser based FAIRINO WebAPP from a PC, tablet or phone, hand guides through Drag mode, and opens to developers through C#, C++ and Python SDKs with ROS and ROS 2 support and optional industrial fieldbuses from PROFINET to EtherCAT, whilst the safety engineering, ISO 10218, ISO 13849 and ISO/TS 15066 functional safety with CE, KCs, NRTL, RoHS 2.0, NSF and SEMI certifications, arrives complete rather than as the buyer's homework. Application kits for welding, programmable torque screw tightening and palletising finish the proposition: collaborative automation as a product, not a project.
Within the wider cobot and robot arms categories, the full Fairino range for sale can be explored through this page.
Background
Built for the missing middle
Industrial robotics historically served those who least needed persuading, the giant plants with integration teams, whilst the world's vast base of smaller manufacturers stayed manual, priced out by hardware, expertise and compliance burden together. Fairino's design decisions read as a systematic attack on those three barriers: in house core components holding cost down, browser programming and drag teaching removing the specialist requirement, and a certification portfolio spanning collaborative safety standards to SEMI and NSF that lets a small factory deploy beside people without building a safety department first.
A ladder, evenly spaced
The FR Series covers the payload spectrum without gaps: the FR3 and FR5 for electronics scale work at the finest precision, the FR10 and FR16 for general handling and machine tending, the FR20 and FR30 for the long reach, heavy payload duties, palletising, welding gauge steel, that smaller shops once considered beyond them, one control experience, one software stack and one safety architecture across all six, so a first cobot and a fifth speak the same language.
The FR Series
FR3 and FR5: The Precision Entry
The range opens at electronics grade: the 3 kilogramme, 622 millimetre reach Fairino FR3 and the 5 kilogramme, 7 at maximum, 922 millimetre reach Fairino FR5, the latter holding repeatability of ±0.02 millimetres, ±0.03 under ISO 9283 pose testing, on Fairino's proprietary real time control, with CR collaborative certification and ingress protection from IP54 upgradeable to IP66, the arms for assembly, testing, dispensing and inspection at the bench.
FR10 and FR16: The General Workhorses
The middle of the ladder carries the everyday factory: the Fairino FR10 pairing a 10 kilogramme payload with 1,400 millimetres of reach for larger work envelopes, and the Fairino FR16 concentrating 16 kilogrammes within 1,034 millimetres at ±0.03 millimetre repeatability, the machine tending and material handling class, sealed to IP54 with IP66 options for harsher cells.
FR20 and FR30: The Heavy End
The top of the range does the lifting: the Fairino FR20 moves 20 kilogrammes, 25 at maximum, across a 1,854 millimetre reach for palletising, welding, screw tightening and long span handling, and the Fairino FR30 concentrates 30 kilogrammes, 35 at maximum, within 1,403 millimetres for high throughput cells, both at ±0.1 millimetre ISO 9283 repeatability, mounting in any orientation, with IP65 options and optional real time Ethernet fieldbus boards for line integration.
Series Overview
| Model | Payload | Reach | Repeatability | Typical duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR3 | 3 kg | 622 mm | Electronics grade | Bench assembly and testing |
| FR5 | 5 kg (7 max) | 922 mm | ±0.02 mm | Precision assembly, dispensing |
| FR10 | 10 kg | 1,400 mm | Fine class | Machine tending, handling |
| FR16 | 16 kg | 1,034 mm | ±0.03 mm | Heavier tending and fixturing |
| FR20 | 20 kg (25 max) | 1,854 mm | ±0.1 mm | Palletising, welding, long reach |
| FR30 | 30 kg (35 max) | 1,403 mm | ±0.1 mm | High throughput heavy cells |
Figures follow published specifications; versions, kits and configurations are confirmed at quotation.
Which buyers does Fairino suit?
Fairino sells where automation must justify itself quickly. Small and medium manufacturers take the ladder's matching rung for assembly, tending and packing across industrial and factory robotics, deployed by their own staff through the WebAPP. Fabricators take the welding kit's FR20 class arms across welding robotics, assembly operations take programmable torque screw tightening on the FR5 and FR10 with data traceability, and warehouses take FR20 and FR30 palletising within logistics robotics. Education programmes take the FR3 and FR5's accessible programming and honest industrial pedigree across educational robotics, integrators and developers take the SDK and ROS stack for custom cells across research robotics, and multi site operations take the single stack economics of one platform from 3 to 30 kilogrammes, with mission software from the robot software catalogue completing deployments.
Technology
Precision from the joints up
Every FR joint carries dual encoders, position read on both sides of the drive, the architecture behind the range's repeatability figures, ±0.02 millimetres at the FR5's bench scale, ±0.1 across the FR20's 1.8 metre sweep, and behind the confidence to certify the arms for the semiconductor and sanitary environments their SEMI and NSF listings admit them to.
Safety as shipped equipment
Fairino treats collaboration as engineering, not marketing: functional safety to ISO 10218, ISO 13849 and ISO/TS 15066, collision sensitivity adjustable across ten levels with configurable stop or continue behaviour, per axis force monitoring through FT_Guard, three position enabling with dedicated emergency stops, and LA versions that add gravity, vibration and rebound detection, automatically yielding into Drag mode and retracting from contact, so the arm's response to an unexpected touch is designed, graded and certified.
Programming where the browser is
The FAIRINO WebAPP moves robot programming to whatever screen is nearest, PC, tablet, phone or the optional 10.1 inch teach pendant, with hand guided Drag teaching for point capture, LED status language on the arm itself, and the same interface across every model from the FR3 to the FR30, deployment measured in hours by the customer's own technicians, which for the missing middle is the difference between adopting and abstaining.
Open where integrators need it
Beneath the simple surface sits a full stack: SDKs in C#, C++ and Python, ROS and ROS 2 support, Modbus and digital I/O as standard with optional CC-Link, PROFINET, EtherNet/IP and EtherCAT, and any orientation mounting, so the same arm that a workshop drags through its first pick also slots into an integrator's synchronised line.
What are Fairino robots used for?
- Machine tending and material handling: loading, unloading and transfer on the FR10 and FR16 across industrial and factory robotics.
- Welding: kit based collaborative welding cells on the FR5 and FR20 across welding robotics.
- Screw tightening and assembly: adjustable, programmable torque with data traceability for production quality systems.
- Palletising and end of line packing: long reach FR20 and heavy FR30 duty across logistics robotics.
- Electronics and precision work: ±0.02 millimetre class assembly, dispensing and inspection on the FR3 and FR5.
- Education and development: cobot teaching and ROS based research across educational robotics.
Pricing and Availability
Fairino cobots are available for purchase across Europe and worldwide, from single FR3 and FR5 bench arms to FR20 and FR30 cells with welding, tightening and palletising application kits, alongside the wider cobot catalogue on Robots Europa. Fairino price and cost vary by model, kit and configuration, so buyers seeking FR Series cobots for sale should request a current quotation for their requirements, with European delivery, customs clearance and support arranged through Robots Europa. Purchasing enquiries, specification sheets and availability details for those looking to buy Fairino robots can be found on this page.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Fairino?
Fairino, formally FAIR Innovation (Suzhou) Robot System Co., is a Chinese collaborative robot manufacturer with research in Suzhou and production in Suzhou and Zibo: maker of the FR Series of six axis cobots spanning 3 to 30 kilogramme payloads, billed as the world's best selling cobot with more than 14,000 units sold in 2025.
How do Fairino cobots work?
They move on six joints, each with dual encoders for precision, under a proprietary real time control system, program through the browser based FAIRINO WebAPP with hand guided Drag teaching, collaborate through certified force and collision monitoring, and integrate through C#, C++ and Python SDKs, ROS and ROS 2, and optional industrial fieldbuses.
Which FR Series model should I choose?
By payload and reach: the FR3 and ±0.02 millimetre FR5 for precision bench work, the FR10 and FR16 for machine tending and general handling, and the FR20 with its 1,854 millimetre reach or the 30 kilogramme FR30 for palletising, welding and heavy cells, all sharing one software and safety architecture.
Are Fairino cobots safe to work beside people?
That is their certified design: functional safety to ISO 10218, ISO 13849 and ISO/TS 15066 with CE, KCs and NRTL listings, ten level adjustable collision sensitivity, per axis force detection and, on LA versions, automatic yielding and retraction on contact, collaboration as engineered and audited behaviour.
What are the benefits of Fairino cobots?
Key benefits include class competitive precision from dual encoder joints, deployment by the buyer's own staff through browser programming, a complete international certification portfolio including SEMI and NSF, an open development stack for integrators, application kits that ship as working solutions and a payload ladder that grows with the factory.
Can Fairino cobots handle welding and palletising?
Yes, as packaged applications: the welding kit pairs FR5 and FR20 class arms with process equipment for collaborative fabrication, the tightening kit delivers adjustable, programmable, traceable torque, and the long reach FR20 and heavy FR30 carry palletising duty, solutions engineered rather than assembled.
Where can I buy Fairino cobots and what do they cost?
Fairino cobots are for sale through Robots Europa, serving the United Kingdom, the European Union and markets worldwide with delivery, customs clearance and support. Because cost varies by model and kit, buyers should request a tailored quotation. Full purchasing details are available on this page.
Summary
Fairino is collaborative robotics aimed at the factories automation forgot: a six model ladder from the bench precision FR3 and FR5 to the thirty kilogramme FR30, joints measured twice by design, safety certified to the full international canon, programming moved to the browser so the shop that buys the arm can also run it, and fourteen thousand units a year proving the formula. The application kits, welding, tightening, palletising, convert the hardware into answers, and the open SDK and ROS stack keeps integrators and educators building on the same platform. As the accessible standard of the cobot market's working middle, Fairino stands where automation finally reaches the eleven person shop, and this page as the European starting point for bringing it in.
v3, August 9, 2026