Product profile
ATRO modular robot system
ATRO is Beckhoff's modular industrial robot system for building application-specific kinematics from motor, link, base and system modules integrated into T...
Facts
- Company
- Beckhoff Automation
- Product type
- robotics_platform
- Status
- development
- Primary capability
- custom_kinematics
- Website
- https://www.beckhoff.com/en-en/products/motion/atro-automation-technology-for-robotics/
About ATRO modular robot system
ATRO is Beckhoff's modular industrial robot system for building application-specific kinematics from motor, link, base and system modules integrated into TwinCAT and EtherCAT.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Modular industrial robot system
Core: Build-your-own kinematics on TwinCAT
Function: Lets machine builders configure scalable robot structures and integrate them with plant automation
Audience: Machine builders and industrial automation integrators
Specifications
- axis_rotation
- Endless rotation enabled by internal media feed
- configuration_options
- 1-axis rotary table, 3-joint hand, 4-joint pick-and-place, 5-joint palletizing, 6-joint serial, 7-joint and multi-arm configurations
- control_platform
- Beckhoff TwinCAT
- fieldbus
- EtherCAT
- internal_media_feed
- Internal routing for data, power and fluids to the end effector
- product_status
- Product announcement; expected market launch in Q4 2026
Operations
- Environment
- manufacturing_environment, machine_building, warehouse_automation
- Primary user
- machine_builders, manufacturers, system_integrators
- Role
- custom_kinematics, pick_and_place, palletizing, machine_integration, multi_arm_automation
- Interaction model
- TwinCAT_control, EtherCAT_control, cell_integrated
- Mobility class
- fixed_base_robot_arm, modular_robot_structure
- Product detail
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Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Beckhoff reports EUR 1.24 billion in 2025 sales — 2026-04-20
- Beckhoff advances ATRO modular robots to series-production readiness — 2025-06-24
- Beckhoff ATRO modular robot system becomes ready for series production — 2025-06-01
- HepcoMotion and Beckhoff demonstrate GFX-r high-payload transport — 2023-12-05
- Beckhoff introduces ATRO modular industrial robot — 2022-07-12