Robot Arm Manufacturers
Robot arms span three worlds: open-source research arms you assemble yourself for a few hundred euros, collaborative arms for labs and light industry, and classic industrial manipulators. Which world an arm belongs to decides its price, its software stack and how easy it is to teleoperate.
AY-Robots supports arms from the research family end-to-end (SO-100/SO-101 first), and can drive other arms through its platform API.
Last updated 2026-08-09 · 12 companies listed
The Robot Studio
France
Design origin of the open-source SO-100 and SO-101 arms, the de-facto standard low-cost arms for imitation learning.
Trossen Robotics
United States
Research arm kits including the ALOHA bimanual teleoperation setups and WidowX arms.
Elephant Robotics
China
myCobot family of affordable desktop cobots for education and research.
UFACTORY
China
xArm and Lite 6 desktop arms, popular as a step up from hobby-class hardware.
Feetech
China
Servo maker whose STS3215 bus servos power the SO-100/SO-101 and many other research arms.
Universal Robots
Denmark
UR cobot series, the most widely deployed collaborative arms in industry.
Franka Robotics
Germany
Torque-controlled research arms (FR3, formerly Panda) common in manipulation research.
Kinova
Canada
Gen3 lightweight arms for research and assistive applications.
KUKA
Germany
Industrial robot arms across all payload classes, plus the iiwa collaborative line.
ABB Robotics
Switzerland
Industrial and collaborative arms (GoFa, SWIFTI) with a large installed base.
FANUC
Japan
One of the largest industrial robot makers, from delta pickers to heavy payload arms.
Doosan Robotics
South Korea
Collaborative arm series with strength in machine tending and palletizing.
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