Franka Research 3
Torque-sensing 7-DOF research cobot arm for manipulation labs. Released Oct 2022.
Official page on franka.de63
Robo2u Score
3 kg
Payload
7
Degrees of freedom
Robo2u Score (0 to 100) = 35% maturity + 30% capability (DoF and payload, percentile vs the field) + 15% recency + 10% runtime + 10% availability. A spec the maker doesn't publish scores below the median. Computed from the columns shown. Scored against other industrial arm robots.
Specifications
| Maker | Franka Robotics |
|---|---|
| Form factor | Industrial arm |
| Origin |  Germany |
| Status | Production |
| Released | Oct 2022 |
| Weight | 18 kg |
| Payload | 3 kg |
| Degrees of freedom | 7 |
| AI / compute | none/teleop |
| Units deployed | 1,000 (1,000th Franka Research 3 produced (2025)) |
| Use cases | Research, Education |
Not yet published by the maker or not yet verified: top speed, runtime, price.
Sources
Added to the database 2026-06-30. Dataset updated 2026-09-24. Also available as JSON at /api/robots.
