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Simon Haddadin

Co-founder and former CEO of Franka Emika (2016-2023), now Franka Robotics. Brother of Sami Haddadin. Led the company's commercialization of the Franka Panda arm and HAND.E gripper, building the Franka platform into the standard for collaborative robot research. Company entered insolvency in July 2023.

Germany · 1 current role · 1 founding

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Franka Roboticsverified→
Founder
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 Robotics Co-founder & Supervisory BoardSecondary-verified

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Franka Roboticsfounded 2016-01-01cofounderno longer at company

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Sami Haddadin co-founded Franka Robotics2016-01-01

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Franka Robotics Co-Founder, CEO2016-01-01 to 2023-07-01Secondary-verified

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