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59.3
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Force-sensitive collaborative robots for research and industry
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Add a deployment →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
8
Price range
US$30K to US$31K
2 of 8 priced
Company facts
- Legal name
- Franka Robotics GmbH
- HQ
- Munich, Germany
- Founded
- 2016 · 10 yrs
- Website
- franka.de
Active robots by Franka Robotics
8 shown- 1
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Industrial Arm · Not yet on file
Repeatability ±0.1 mm · Moving joints 6
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Warehouse AMR · Not yet on file
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Mobile FR3 Duo49.0Mobile Manipulator · Not yet on file
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| # | Category | Key specs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Franka Emika Panda | Cobot | Payload 3 kg·Reach 1.3 m | US$30K | 2017 | 72.4 |
| 2 | | Franka Production 3 | Cobot | Payload 3 kg·Reach 855 mm | US$31K | 2022 | 61.9 |
| 3 | | Franka GELLO and Franka GELLO Duo | Industrial Arm | Repeatability ±0.1 mm·Moving joints 6 | Not yet on file | Not yet on file | 55.3 |
| 4 | | Franka Hand | Industrial Arm | Repeatability ±0.01 mm·Moving joints 12 | Not yet on file | Not yet on file | 55.3 |
| 5 | | Tactile Mobile Robot (TMR) | Warehouse AMR | Not yet on file | Not yet on file | Not yet on file | 49.2 |
| 6 | | Mobile FR3 Duo | Mobile Manipulator | Not yet on file | Not yet on file | Not yet on file | 49.0 |
| 7 | | Franka Research 3 Duo | Industrial Arm | Repeatability ±0.1 mm·Moving joints 7 | Not yet on file | Not yet on file | 41.1 |
| 8 | | Franka Research 3 (FR3) | Cobot | Moving joints 7 | Not yet on file | Not yet on file | 30.9 |
Safety reports
Consumer product alerts from this country reach the EU Safety Gate, which we read. Industrial, workplace and medical incidents never enter it, so a blank record says nothing about those.
Press coverage
- Panda Arm
Oxford Robotics Institute
- Agile Robots acquires Franka Emika
The Robot Report
- The Franka Emika Robot
IEEE Xplore
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.
- 2022launch
Launched Franka Production 3
- 2017launch
Launched Franka Emika Panda
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