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Franka Research 3 Duo

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About Franka Research 3 Duo

FR3 Duo combines two Franka Research 3 arms in a defined tabletop configuration for bimanual manipulation. Each seven-axis arm provides joint-torque sensing, approximately three kilograms of payload and low-level control at one kilohertz, enabling coordinated contact-rich experiments that require direct access below the application layer.

The package aligns robot placement, cameras, end effectors and software so experiments can be reproduced between laboratories. Teleoperation and data-capture tools support demonstration collection, while policies can be trained and executed through established research interfaces. FR3 Duo remains a prototype research configuration for dual-arm experimentation and application development.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Multimodal data collection

    Claimed - Franka presents FR3 Duo for demonstrating bimanual skills, collecting tactile manipulation data and executing learned policies on a reproducible dual-arm research setup.

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  • Bimanual manipulation

    Research demonstration - 2026-06-10 - Executed learned policies on four physical bimanual benchmark tasks spanning coordinated dual-arm workflows. - environment: FR3 Duo bimanual benchmark workcell

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Observed use

Exact-product configurations are shown without inferring supply, purchase, customer status, standard fit, deployment or partnership.

  • MANUS Metagloves

    2026-01-08 - Research Experiment - Controlled By - Physical - 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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Supply

Supply / Components

  • Franka FR3 Duo

    Robotiq 2f85 - End Effectors - Robotiq - Franka FR3 Duo uses Robotiq 2F-85 grippers - source: robotiq.com

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Research

  • DuoBench: A Reproducible Benchmark for Bimanual Manipulation in Simulation and the Real World

    2026-06-10 - Research Publication - DuoBench evaluates bimanual policies across 11 reproducible simulation tasks and four real-world FR3 Duo tasks.

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Resources

Media library

Official Franka Robotics product references, installation material, developer documentation and exact media for the dual-arm Franka Research 3 Duo platform.