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Franka Robotics is a robotics company founded 2016, based in Germany, developing 4 robots primarily in the Cobot category.
Force-sensitive collaborative robots for research and industry
Franka Robotics is a German robotics company headquartered in Munich and founded in 2016. It makes collaborative, force-sensitive robot systems including the Panda cobot, Franka Production 3 (FP3), and Franka Research 3 / Franka SPARK for research and industrial automation use cases. The company operates globally and has been part of Agile Robots since 2023.
Active products
4
Robo Score
63
A
View factor breakdown
Price range
$18.5K – $30.6K
3 of 4 priced
Top-rated product
AA
Robo Index
Franka Emika Panda
Company facts
- Legal name
- Franka Robotics GmbH
- HQ
- Munich, Germany
- Founded
- 2016 · 10 yrs
- Employees
- 100
- Website
- franka.de
Robo Score
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Milestones
IEEE described the company’s product family as Panda, FP-3, and FR-3.
Agile Robots acquired Franka Emika and kept its approximately 100-person staff.
Franka Emika was founded in Germany.
Press coverage
- Panda Arm
Oxford Robotics Institute
- Agile Robots acquires Franka Emika
The Robot Report
- The Franka Emika Robot
IEEE Xplore
Active products by Franka Robotics
4 shown| # | Category | Key specs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Franka Emika Panda | Cobot | Payload 3 kg·Reach 1.3 m | $30K | 2017 | AA |
| 2 |  | Franka Production 3 | Cobot | Payload 3 kg·Reach 855 mm | $30.6K | 2016 | A |
| 3 |  | Franka SPARK | Cobot | Payload 3 kg·Reach 855 mm | $18.5K | 2016 | A |
| 4 |  | Franka Research 3 (FR3) | Cobot | DOF 7 DOF | — | — | B |
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