Franka Robotics

Summary

About

About Franka Robotics

Franka Robotics develops force-sensitive robot arms and reference systems for manipulation and physical-AI research. Franka Research 3 provides seven-axis control, joint torque sensing, low-level interfaces and ROS 2 integration for laboratories and developers; Franka Production 3 adapts the platform for industrial automation.

The company is extending the research line with FR3 Duo and mobile dual-arm reference systems for teleoperation, data collection and policy evaluation. Its developer stack includes the Franka Control Interface, libfranka, ROS packages, documentation and open-source LABS workflows. Prototype systems are explicitly research tools and are not approved for production or safety-critical use.

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Observed use

  • Franka Research 3 Duo with MANUS Metagloves

    2026-01-08 - Research Experiment - Controlled By - ByteDance Seed's GR-Dexter setup used MANUS Metagloves and Quest tracking with two Franka Research 3 arms and ByteDexter V2 hands, collecting about 20 hours of trajectories.

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  • Franka Research 3 with MANUS Quantum Metagloves

    2025-11-19 - Research Experiment - Controlled By - ByteDexter research used legacy MANUS Quantum Metagloves and Meta Quest 3 to teleoperate a 20-DoF ByteDexter hand on a Franka Research 3 arm.

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  • Franka Research 3

    Research Experiment - Tested With - ORD-WM experiments use a Franka Research 3 with three calibrated RealSense D435 cameras for object-state observations.

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  • Franka Research 3 with Two external cameras and one wrist camera; exact models unspecified

    Research Experiment - Connected - LIBERO-Dynamic physical experiments use Franka Research3 with two external camera views and one wrist camera.

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  • Franka Research 3 with Sharpa Wave

    Digital Simulation - Mounted - BiDex-100 simulates two Franka Research3 arms with22DoF Sharpa Wave hands for96tasks.

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  • Robotiq 2F-85 at Franka dual-arm research setup (arm generation unspecified)

    Research Experiment - Mounted - The FOMI experiments use Robotiq 2F-85 grippers on a dual-arm Franka setup.

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Supply

Supply chain relationships

  • Robotiq

    Inbound - End Effectors - Franka FR3 Duo uses Robotiq 2F-85 grippers

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  • Husarion

    Outbound - Manipulation - Husarion offers the Franka Research 3 as a Lynx manipulator option

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  • Clearpath Robotics

    Outbound - Industrial Robotics - In 2019, Clearpath integrated and sold the Franka Panda as an option for its mobile research platforms, including Ridgeback

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Team

  • Sami Haddadin - Founder - Haddadin founded the tactile collaborative-robot company behind Franka Research 3 and Franka World.
  • Simon Haddadin - Founder - Haddadin co-founded the company behind Franka tactile collaborative robots and the Franka robotics platform.

Research

  • Franka GELLO & GELLO Duo open-source teleoperation hardware

    2026-04-17 - Research Publication - Released STL hardware design files and ROS 2-compatible software resources for the single-arm GELLO and bimanual GELLO Duo teleoperation devices. Enables low-latency joint and gripper control plus reproducible demonstration collection workflows. Reduces hardware barriers for teleoperation, imitation learning, and bimanual manipulation data pipelines.

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Resources

Media library

Official Franka Research 3 documentation, exact-system imagery and verified Franka Robotics tutorials and demonstrations.

Timeline

Events

Notes

Profile notes

  • Agile Robots continued Franka Emika’s operations after insolvency caused by a shareholder dispute

    reviewed 2026-07-18 - Franka Emika entered preliminary insolvency in 2023 after what the company described as irreconcilable shareholder differences, despite continuing operations and reporting a strong order book. The filing was therefore not presented as a simple disappearance of product demand.

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Relations

Relationships

  • Basler

    Compatible Robotics Integration - Basler products support Franka Robotics robot applications.

  • NVIDIA

    Isaac Manipulator Partner - Franka Robotics is an NVIDIA Isaac Manipulator ecosystem partner.

  • Agile Robots

    Owner - Agile Robots acquired Franka Emika business operations in November 2023; the operating company now trades as Franka Robotics GmbH.

Context

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Context tags

  • Industrial robotics supply chain - Stack Layer - Profile source supports this robotics context.
  • Robot OEM - Stack Layer - Profile source supports this robotics context.