Quote onlySold as assistive medical equipment. Pricing depends on configuration and funding program.

AvailableVia SSH / web / bridgeWheelchair-mountedAssistive2- or 3-finger hand

Weeks+Shipping: Clinical fitting. Supplied through Kinova's assistive dealers with a clinical assessment and wheelchair fitting. Research JACO² units surface used.

Remote control: The assistive JACO is operated via the wheelchair joystick. Research-edition JACO² arms were controlled from a PC through the Kinova SDK or ROS.

Assistive site ↗Wikipedia (Kinova) ↗kinova-ros ↗

Overview

The arm that built Kinova, a lightweight carbon-fiber arm that mounts on a power wheelchair so people with upper-limb impairments can eat, drink and open doors on their own. Research versions (JACO² and MICO) became staples in 2010s manipulation labs before Kinova moved researchers to the Gen3. The assistive JACO is still sold.

Specifications

Category	Robot arms · Industrial & legacy
Released	2009
Availability	Available
Programmability	Limited SDK
Best for	Professionals & labs
Vision sensors	No vision sensors
Actuators	Unknown
Audio	No audio
Compute type	Proprietary / undisclosed
Remote control	Via SSH / web / bridge
DOF	6 + gripper
Reach	900 mm
Payload	1.6 kg (3-finger), 1.8 kg (2-finger)
Repeatability	Not published
Weight	5.2 kg (3-finger), 5.0 kg (2-finger)
Controller	Embedded controller powered from the wheelchair battery (25 W)
Sensors	Joint encoders, research versions added joint torque sensing
SDK	Assistive version is joystick-driven, research versions (JACO², Gen2) used the Kinova SDK and kinova-ros