Hirebotics has launched the Cobot Painter, an explosion-proof painting system that brings automated finishing into existing manual spray booths without dedicated paint cells or specialist programming. The Nashville, Tennessee company built the system on its no-code Beacon platform and FANUC's CRX-10iA/L Paint hardware, pitching it as a high-mix, low-volume alternative to manual spraying and complex automated lines.
Finishing without a dedicated paint cell
Fabrication shops have traditionally outsourced coating work because conventional paint lines were too costly and complex, requiring dedicated cells and major exhaust or conveyor overhauls. Hirebotics says the portable, lightweight Cobot Painter works inside a shop's existing manual spray environment, letting users deploy automation in days rather than months and bring coating back in-house.
Click-and-teach programming
The system is designed to be fully accessible to operators with no robotics experience. Using the Beacon interface on a tablet or phone, operators guide the robot through a path once with "click-and-teach," and the cobot then repeats the exact speed, distance and angle every cycle. It currently supports stationary painting, with parts placed in a booth, and future versions will add line tracking so the robot can follow parts moving along a production line.
FANUC hardware for hazardous environments
The FANUC CRX-10iA/L Paint cobot is an explosion-proof collaborative robot approved for liquid painting, powder coating and gel coating in hazardous environments, with a 55.82-in. reach. Hirebotics says it delivers a consistent coat while cutting paint waste and overspray. The launch adds to a busy stretch of cobot news, alongside Collaborative Robotics' Proxie Gen 2, Vention and Teradyne's digital-twin platform, and other systems shown at Automate 2026.
Reporting based on coverage from The Robot Report and Hirebotics.