ABB (Switzerland/Sweden) ABB GoFa (CRB 15000) (1)

Quote onlySold through ABB and its integrators. No public list price.

AvailableVia SSH / web / bridge6-axisJoint torque sensors5–12 kg payloadOmniCore

Weeks+Shipping: Integrator lead time. Sold through ABB, its webshop configurator and integrators on quotation.

Remote control: A laptop can drive it through ABB Robot Web Services or EGM, typically via the ROS-Industrial abb_robot_driver. Native programs are written in RAPID or built with Wizard blocks on the FlexPendant.

Official page ↗The Robot Report launch (2021) ↗GoFa 10 / 12 announcement ↗

Overview

ABB's mainstream cobot, launched in February 2021 alongside SWIFTI to compete with Universal Robots arms such as the UR5e. It has torque sensors in every joint and a top speed of 2.2 m/s, and it carries ten times the payload of the dual-arm YuMi. The original 5 kg model gained GoFa 10 and GoFa 12 variants in 2023.

Specifications

Category	Robot arms · Research & collaborative arms
Released	2021
Country	Switzerland, Sweden
Availability	Available
Programmability	Limited SDK
Best for	Professionals & labs
Vision sensors	No vision sensors
Actuators	Brushless / direct-drive motors
Audio	No audio
Compute type	Proprietary / undisclosed
Remote control	Via SSH / web / bridge
DOF	6
Reach	950 mm (GoFa 5), 1,270 mm (GoFa 12), 1,520 mm (GoFa 10)
Payload	5, 10 or 12 kg
Repeatability	±0.02 mm
Weight	28 kg (GoFa 5), 48 kg (GoFa 12), 51 kg (GoFa 10)
Controller	ABB OmniCore controller (C30 or E10) with FlexPendant
Sensors	Torque and position sensors in all six joints for power and force limiting, SafeMove safety functions
SDK	RAPID language in RobotStudio, Wizard graphical block programming and lead-through teaching, Robot Web Services and Externally Guided Motion for external control, ROS-Industrial abb_robot_driver