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Canvas 1200CX

Battery-powered self-driving drywall finisher with 12-foot wall reach

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How it works on your site

The Canvas 1200CX is a battery-powered, worker-supervised drywall finishing robot built on a Universal Robots UR10e cobot arm. It sprays and sands Level 4 and Level 5 joint compound on interior drywall, including L5 skim coating; taping, first coat, corner work, and board hanging stay with the crew. One trained operator runs the robot after a week of training, against the four-year apprenticeship that traditional drywall finishing requires. The 1200CX has shipped since July 2024 and is now distributed by JLG Industries following the January 2026 acquisition; the 1550 predecessor has been in production deployments since 2019.

Finishing (Second and Third Coats)

Canvas sprays the L4 and L5 coats and follows up with sanded passes the crew never has to climb scaffold for. Onboard vision identifies taped seams and walls without pre-mapping; one mode targets only the seams (L4 Targeted Spray) while another sprays full surfaces. The crew continues to do taping, corners, and complex geometries while the robot handles the spray and sand passes.

Sanding

Sanding is paired with both L4 and L5 spray passes; the same robot that sprayed the wall returns and sands it. The capture system is designed to pull silica exposure off the crew during what is otherwise the dustiest part of the finishing job.

Skim Coating (Level 5 Only)

For a Level 5 finish, the 1200CX sprays a full coat of joint compound across the wall in a single step, working up to adjacent walls and ceilings within its 12 ft finishing height. The crew still tapes, runs the first coat and finishes corners before the robot's L5 pass.

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Will it work on your site

Environment: Indoor only; min 50 °F (10 °C) for compound drying50 °F minimum is an ASTM C840 material requirement for all joint compound application, not a robot hardware limit; temperature must be held for 48 hr before and throughout drying
Surface: Interior drywall (gypsum board)Level 4 and Level 5 joint compound application and sanding; walls confirmed, ceiling finishing reported for earlier Canvas platform
Working reach: 12 ft (3.66 m)Designed for standard multi-family ceiling heights; Canvas 1550 (15.5 ft) and 2000CX (20+ ft) cover taller spaces
Doorway clearance: 30 in (762 mm) narrow axis; bump-out chassis for tight doorway pairsRobot footprint is 30 x 34.5 in (762 x 876 mm); requires 8 x 8 ft minimum room to operate
Footprint and weight: 30 x 34.5 in (76 x 88 cm); 1,200 lb (544 kg)Vendor states weight is compatible with 1 in. plywood subfloor on wood-frame buildings; freight elevator or hoist likely needed for upper floors (not independently documented)
Setup: No BIM, no pre-scan, no CAD prep; tablet input onlyOperator inputs wall dimensions and spray parameters on tablet; robot self-maps surfaces via onboard vision and LIDAR

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Power: 1200CX: battery-powered, 8 hr runtime per charge; 1550: hybrid (outlet + battery)1200CX operates cordless for a full shift. Earlier 1550 model used a mix of outlet power and onboard batteries; Canvas adopted a DC control box architecture to maximize battery efficiency across both platforms.
Throughput: ~2,000 sq ft/day (L4 Targeted Spray, Canvas platform)Reported for Canvas machines generally (2022); 1200CX-specific throughput not independently confirmed. 60% schedule reduction (5-7 days to 2 days) corroborated across models.
Geographic support: Nationwide (U.S.) via JLG distribution network; international customer deployments documentedCanvas began in Bay Area (2022), expanded to five U.S. regions pre-acquisition. JLG acquired Canvas January 2026; distribution now through JLG's equipment network. Customer-operated deployments documented internationally (e.g., Guantanamo Bay, Cuba via RQ Construction).
Connectivity: OTA software updates; onboard data collection for site productivity analyticsSpecific network requirements (WiFi, cellular) not independently documented. OTA updates have delivered new finishing capabilities (L4 spray and sand) post-deployment.

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