Kinova Gen3

An ultra-lightweight 7-DOF research robot arm from Canada's Kinova, popular in academic manipulation labs.

Kinova Gen3 is a lightweight robot arm from the Canadian company Kinova, available in 7-DOF and 6-DOF versions. The 7-DOF version weighs about 8.2 kg, has a maximum reach of about 902 mm, and a continuous payload of about 4 kg; it draws very little power, every joint can rotate without limit, torque sensors are built into each joint, the low-level control loop runs at 1 kHz, and an optional 2D/3D vision module can be mounted on the wrist. Kinova originally built assistive arms for wheelchairs, and Gen3 keeps that same lightweight design that's easy to mount on a mobile platform; its interfaces are open (it supports ROS and low-level torque control), which makes it a common choice in university labs for manipulation, human-robot interaction, and reinforcement-learning research, where it's often compared with the Franka and UR5e arms.

ExampleResearchers mount a Kinova Gen3 on a mobile base to run mobile-manipulation experiments like opening doors and picking up objects.

Also called

Gen3

Related

Robotic Arm · 7-DoF Robot Arm · Collaborative Robot · Joint Torque Sensor · Franka Emika Panda / Franka Research 3 · Universal Robots UR5e

Sources

Discover our Gen3 robotic arm - Kinova
Kinova Gen3 Specifications - QVIRO