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Sami Haddadin

Co-founder of Franka Emika (2016, Munich), now Franka Robotics. Created the Franka Panda (later FR3) torque-controlled 7-DOF robot arm, pioneering affordable compliant manipulation. Professor and Director of the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) at TU Munich. Co-founded with brother Simon Haddadin. Franka Emika entered insolvency in July 2023 and was restructured. Recipient of IEEE George Saridis Leadership Award in Robotics and Automation.

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Franka Roboticsverified→
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German robotics company developing force-sensitive 7-DOF [Collaborative](/companies/collaborative-robotics) robot arms.
1 verified deployment · Franka Research 3 at New York City, New York, USA →1 model

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Franka Roboticsfounded 2016-01-01cofounderno longer at company

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Simon Haddadin co-founded Franka Robotics2016-01-01

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Franka Robotics Co-Founder, Chief Scientist2016-01-01 to 2023-07-01Secondary-verified

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