Applications

FROM AI, ML, ROBOT CONTROL AND MOTION PLANNING, TO MANIPULATION, HRI AND HUMANOIDS

For researchers at the cutting edge of AI & Robotics, FRANKA RESEARCH 3 provides a reference force-sensitive robotic platform and powerful control interfaces, for quick time to results and publishing. The platform also offers a low barrier to entry for researchers in search of a robot arm to automate their experimental setup, as well as a support for teaching robot control and automation courses.

META FAIR

Advancing robotics and touch perception
NVIDIA

Guided Uncertainty Aware Policy Optimization
STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Motion Reasoning for Goal-Based Imitation Learning
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Teaching Robots New Behaviors
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON

RLBench: The Robot Learning Benchmark
AALBORG UNIVERSITY

Reinforcement Learning for Robotic Rock Grasp Learning in Off-Earth Space Environments
EDINBURGH CENTRE FOR ROBOTICS

Learning Generalizable Coupling Terms for Obstacle Avoidance via Low-Dimensional Geometric Descriptors
NVIDIA

6-DOF Grasping for Target-driven Object Manipulation in Clutter
MIT

Provably Safe and Efficient Motion Planning with Uncertain Human Dynamics
TU DELFT

A novel adaptive controller for robot manipulators using active inference
ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA

A Teleoperation Interface for Loco-manipulation Control of MOCA
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Planning Maximum-Manipulability Cutting Paths - RRT*-RMM

SERVICE ROBOTICS AND INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS

Our robot system advances industries like agriculture, healthcare, hospitality, and retail by automating routine tasks, boosting efficiency, and elevating customer experiences and your lifestyle. These innovative applications drive industry transformation and create new opportunities for growth.

DEUTSCHES MUSEUM - TUM

CORONA SWAB TESTING

SR-NOCS automates the swab testing process with precision comparable to medical personnel, and allows for reduced infection risk and higher efficiency.
GIMELLI - SMYZE

ROBOT BAR

Say hello to the Smyze Robotic Bar, which is already operating successfully at several locations in Switzerland and continues to expand worldwide.
GIMELLI - SMYZE

WORKSHOP 4.0 FASHION WEEK

Behind the scenes of the first digital fashion show, find out how Franka Robotics robots played a key role on stage. Tune in to the show @Philipp Plein.
GIMELLI - SMYZE

RACLETTE ROBOT

When tradition meets innovation: Idiap Research Institute and Eddy Baillifard have taught this robot to serve raclette.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS REQUIRE DEXTERITY AND SENSITIVE FORCE FEEDBACK

Torque sensors in all joints of the robot arm allow for sensitive manipulation and exploration, which require application of fine-tuned forces and the ability to adapt to work surfaces. Within its workspace, it can reach and operate far-off (855 mm) as well as very close to its own base, and the geometry of the 7 axes allows for complex poses to reach difficult spaces, allowing execution of processes even in confined environments.

MACHINE TENDING

MACHINE LOADING

At Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH, the machine loading application was set up and successfully implemented within only 3 hours.
MACHINE TENDING

PRESS LOADING

The complete automation of the feeding and unloading process of a press brake.
MACHINE TENDING

CNC MACHINING

The Vision ToolRoom – a mobile platform inclusive of Franka robot – is the ideal collaborative colleague in CNC machining.
QUALITY INSPECTION

PCB TESTING

Process data such as successful execution and applied forces can be measured and logged: the added value for quality control.
QUALITY INSPECTON

ENDURANCE TEST OF BATTERY COMPARTMENT

Operating the touch screen to unlock the battery, pushing it out and in, a test repeated again and again.
QUALITY INSPECTION

TOUCHSCREEN TESTING

End-of-line testing of fragile elements like touchscreens becomes possible thanks to the robot's sensitive manipulation.
ASSEMBLY

ASSEMBLY

An assembly station enables precise screwing of the dowel with simultaneous torque control.
ASSEMBLY

ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY

A machine is loaded with different components – without any protective fence.
ASSEMBLY

RAM INSERTION

Thanks to force sensitiveness, the board is inserted via a wiggling movement, and applied forces are recorded.
HANDLING

N.I.S.T. BOARD

A board developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology for benchmarking robot performance during fastening nuts, connecting connectors, meshing gears and inserting pins.
HANDLING

ASSEMBLY

Placement of final product components into their packaging, making use of force sensitivity and fine-tuned force application for successful, robust fitting.
HANDLING

PACKAGING

Thanks to force sensitivity to contacts, no need of pre-determined precise positioning as the robot can move objects to target positions based on force feedback.