New $10,000 collaborative robot can build copies of itself
The makers of a new, collaborative robot called Franka Emika say the machine could build copies of itself.
In an article published in the IEEE magazine, the robot’s creator, Sami Haddadin, is quoted as saying “there will be Frankas building Frankas”.
The article also suggests that Franka’s price is around $10,000 – and reveals the prices of other collaborative robots:
- Rethink’s Sawyer ~ $30,000; and
- Universal Robots’ best-selling UR5 ~ $35,000.
The collaborative robots market is currently dominated by Universal Robots, which has sold so many robots, it’s made it on the list of industrial robot manufacturers with the largest install base, with approximately 10,000 sold worldwide so far.
