Industrial and mobile robots
Franka Research 3
Germany
Franka Research 3 is the de facto reference robot arm for academic and industrial embodied-AI labs, chosen by NVIDIA to demo GR00T N1.6 running fully onboard at CES 2026.
MakerFranka Robotics
CountryDE
CategoryCobot
Payload (kg)3
Price (USD)$35,800
What AI addsServes as the reference arm for embodied-AI research; at CES 2026 it ran NVIDIA GR00T N1.6 foundation-model policies end-to-end onboard (perception to motion) on the dual-arm FR3 Duo rig.
Reach / range855 mm reach
AI stackNVIDIA Isaac Sim / GR00T N1.6 (FR3 Duo demo); libfranka/ROS 2 SDK; Franka data-collection services for foundation-model training
Usesresearch, imitation-learning, manipulation-research
EMEA presenceManufacturer headquartered in Munich, Germany
Sources : Franka Robotics (2026-07-09)Franka Robotics (2026-01-06)Generation Robots (2026-07-09)
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