Franka Research 3 Capabilities

Capability

Torque control

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: Torque-controlled robot arm
  • Workflows: Robot manipulation research
  • Object manipulation - Research demonstration - 2026-06-24 - The authors introduce WatchAct, a benchmark for robot manipulation grounded in observed human behavior. - source: arxiv.org
  • Force-controlled manipulation - Research demonstration - 2026-03-11 - Learning Adaptive Force Control for Contact-Rich Sample Scraping with Heterogeneous Materials - source: arxiv.org
  • Precision insertion - Research demonstration - 2024-05-01 - Specifically, the authors use Dreamer-v3 on a challenging, partially observable robotic insertion task with a Franka Research 3, both in simulation and on a real system. - source: arxiv.org
  • Remote and shared control - Demonstrated - 2025-11-19 - Legacy MANUS Quantum Metagloves and Meta Quest 3 supplied the teleoperation inputs. - source: manus-meta.com

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