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FR3 Compatibility Matrix

To ensure safe and performance verified operation of your FR3, it is essential that your hardware and software versions are aligned. This guide helps you verify compatibility between the Control, Arm, System Image and your development environment.

 

GUIDE

Where to find and how to interpret information

The hardware versions of your Control and Arm can be found on the Type Label, a physical sticker located on the back of the Control box and the base of the Arm. It includes essential details such as the component name, serial number, production date and version.

To identify your current System Image, connect your laptop to the Arm, enter the URL robot.franka.de to access the Franka UI web interface of the robot, and go to Settings > Dashboard.

Once you have identified your hardware and software versions, consult the compatibility matrices below, and use the following color-coded legend to interpret the status of your hardware and software combinations.

 

 

Color

        

Meaning

Compatible

Performance verified

Current revision

Not compatible

 

Arm, Control, System Image

Compatibility between Control and Arm versions

Use this table to check the status of your hardware pairing here. This matrix identifies which Control and Arm revisions are performance verified, which are compatible, and which combinations are not supported.

 

 

 

 

Arm versions

03.01

03.04

03.06

04.01

04.02

2.0

2.1

Control versions

03.01

              

03.03

              

04.01

              

04.02

              

05.01

              

 

Compatibility between System Image and Arm versions

Use this table to check the status of your software-to-hardware pairing. This matrix identifies which System Image and Arm versions are performance verified, which are compatible, and which combinations are not supported.

 

 

 

 

Arm versions

03.01

03.04

03.06

04.01

04.02

2.0

2.1

System Image versions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1.1

              

5.1.2

              

5.2.0

              

5.2.1

              

5.2.2

              

5.3.0

              

5.3.1

              

5.3.2

              

5.4.0

              

5.5.0

              

5.6.0

              

5.7.x

              

5.8.x

              

5.9.0

              

5.9.1

              

5.9.2

              

 

Compatibility between System Image and Control versions

Use this table to check the status of your software-to-hardware pairing. This matrix identifies which System Image and Control versions are performance verified, which are compatible, and which combinations are not supported.

 

 

 

 

Control versions

03.01

03.03

04.01

04.02

05.01

System Image versions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1.1

          

5.1.2

          

5.2.0

          

5.2.1

          

5.2.2

          

5.3.0

          

5.3.1

          

5.3.2

          

5.4.0

          

5.5.0

          

5.6.0

          

5.7.x

          

5.8.x

          

5.9.0

          

5.9.1

          

5.9.2

          

 

libfranka, franka_ros

Compatibility between System Image and libranka & franka_ros2

Use this table to check the status of your development environment. This matrix identifies which System Image versions are compatible with specific versions of libfranka, franka_ros, and the supported Ubuntu and ROS distributions.

 

 

 

 

libfranka

Robot / Gripper Server

franka_ros / franka_ros2 and version

Ubuntu

Franka Research 3

System Image versions

 

 

 

 

 

≥5.9.0

 ≥0.18.0

10 / 3

 franka_ros2 (Jazzy)

≥3.0.0

 24.04

franka_ros2 (Humble)

≥2.0.2, <3.0.0

22.04

franka_ros

≥0.10.0

20.04

≥5.7.2, <5.9.0

 ≥0.15.0, <0.18.0

9 / 3

 franka_ros2 (Jazzy)

≥3.0.0

 24.04

franka_ros2 (Humble)

≥2.0.2, <3.0.0

22.04

franka_ros

≥0.10.0

20.04

≥5.7.0, <5.7.2

 ≥0.14.1, <0.15.0

8 / 3

franka_ros2 (Humble)

≥0.1.15, ≤2.0.0

24.04

franka_ros

≥0.10.0

20.04

≥5.5.0, <5.7.0

 ≥0.13.3, <0.14.1

7 / 3

franka_ros2 (Humble)

≥0.1.15, ≤2.0.0

24.04

franka_ros

≥0.10.0

20.04

≥5.2.0, <5.5.0

 ≥0.10.0, <0.13.3

6 / 3

franka_ros2 (Humble)

≥0.1.0, ≤0.1.8

24.04

franka_ros

≥0.10.0

20.04

 

Franka Emika Robot (prev. known as Panda)

System Image versions

 

 

 

 

 

≥4.2.1, <5.2.0

≥0.9.1, <0.10.0 

5 / 3

franka_ros

≥0.8.0

20.04 / noetic

≥4.0.0, <4.2.1

≥0.8.0

4 / 3

franka_ros

≥0.8.0

20.04 / noetic

≥3.0.0, <4.0.0

0.7.1

3 / 3

franka_ros

0.7.0

18.04 / melodic

≥1.3.0, <3.0.0

0.5.0

3 / 2

franka_ros

0.6.0

16.04 / kinetic

≥1.2.0, <1.3.0

0.3.0

2 / 2

franka_ros

0.4.0

16.04 / kinetic

≥1.1.0, <1.2.0

0.2.0

2 / 1

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