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- Degrees of Freedom
- 6.0
- Maximum Reach
- 891.0 mm
- Payload Capacity
- 2.0 kg
Overview
The Kinova Gen3 is an ultra-lightweight robot arm built for robotics research and professional applications, with a carbon-fiber and aluminum shell and torque-sensing actuators on every joint. The 6-DoF spherical-wrist configuration reaches 891 mm with a 7.2 kg total weight (with vision module). It runs on the Kinova Kortex software stack, exposing high-level and low-level (1 kHz) control over Ethernet via C++, Python and MATLAB APIs, with official ROS 2 Humble and ROS Noetic support. An optional interface-module-mounted vision module (Omnivision color sensor + Intel RealSense D410 depth sensor) enables vision-based manipulation research.
Highlights
- 891 mm reach, 2.0 kg full-range continuous payload (4.0 kg mid-range), 7.2 kg total weight
- Torque, position, current, voltage and temperature sensing on every actuator
- Kinova Kortex API: C++, Python, MATLAB/Simulink; ROS 1 (Noetic) and ROS 2 (Humble) packages
- 1 kHz low-level control (position, velocity, current, torque) plus high-level Cartesian/joint control
- Optional integrated 2D/3D vision module (Intel RealSense D410 + Omnivision color sensor)
Specifications
General
- Degrees of Freedom
- 6.0
- Integrated Force Sensing
- Yes
- Max TCP Speed
- 0.5 m/s
- Maximum Reach
- 891.0 mm
- Mounting Position
- Floor/Tabletop/Wall/Ceiling
- IP Rating
- IP33
- Drive Type
- Strain wave gear (100:1) actuators
- Controller Included
- Yes
- Payload Capacity
- 2.0 kg
- Model / Platform Name
- Kinova Kortex
- Arm Type
- 6-DoF spherical-wrist ultra-lightweight research/professional arm
- Payload Definition (Nominal)
- Full-range continuous, without gripper, in motion
- Frame / Structure
- Carbon fiber shell, aluminum
- Communication Protocols
- 2x 100 Mbps Ethernet (1 kHz control + vision/expansion), Gigabit Ethernet (dev PC), Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n
- Nominal Voltage
- 24.0 V
- Operating Temperature Range
- -30 °C to 35 °C (operating), -30 °C to 50 °C (storage)
- Operating Voltage Range
- 18.0-30.0 VDC
- Typical power
- 36.0 W
- Weight
- 7.2 kg