Cobot Articles

The FAIRINO FR5 and Mitsubishi MELFA ASSISTA RV-5AS-D are compact six-axis collaborative robots designed for many of the same automation projects: machine tending, pick and place, light assembly, testing, inspection, packaging, dispensing, laboratory automation, and repetitive material handling. Their nominal payload and reach specifications are remarkably close. Both are 5 kg-class cobots, both reach approximately 0.9 meters, both publish a maximum composite speed of 1 m/s,

The FAIRINO FR5 and OMRON TM5-900 target compact collaborative automation, but they make different engineering and purchasing tradeoffs. The FR5 emphasizes payload-per-dollar, slightly longer reach and high published repeatability. The OMRON TM5-900 emphasizes an established automation ecosystem, faster average motion and a built-in vision system designed for inspection, identification and vision-guided handling. One naming detail matters: despite “TM5” in the model name, the

The FAIRINO FR10 and Kassow KR1018 are both industrial collaborative robots, but this is not a perfect payload-match comparison. The FAIRINO FR10 is a 10 kg six-axis collaborative robot with 1,400 mm reach, 14 kg published maximum payload headroom, ±0.05 mm repeatability, 1.5 m/s typical TCP speed, IP54 / IP65 optional, and a public U.S. listed price of $10,199. The Kassow KR1018 is a seven-axis collaborative robot with 18 kg payload, 1,000 mm reach, 34 kg weight, 0.1 mm repe

The FAIRINO FR20 and DOBOT CR20A are both 20 kg six-axis collaborative robots designed for heavy-duty automation. Both can support palletizing, machine tending, robotic welding, heavy pick and place, loading and unloading, packaging, logistics, assembly, bin picking, gluing, polishing, screwdriving, quality inspection, and material handling. This is a direct comparison because both robots sit in the same 20 kg payload class. The main difference is commercial and technical pos