Comau AURA

The Comau AURA is a collaborative six-axis that carries a full 170 kg payload out to a 2790 mm reach. Comau introduced it in 2016, and the name is short for Advanced Use Robotic Arm. Its pitch is industrial payload paired with sensing that allows fence-free operation in qualified applications.

In production that pairing puts it on material-handling and machine-tending jobs, plus collaborative assembly. The 170 kg rating leaves room for a substantial gripper and a large component, the heavier handling work the summary says most cobots can't reach. Its long reach gives the arm room to work around big parts and fixtures.

At 1615 kg it's a floor-mounted machine, and its large footprint and mass need foundation planning before the cell goes in. This is a plan-it-early arm, so budget the foundation and the surrounding work envelope up front. The rugged construction is built for continuous industrial duty across long production runs.

AURA's headline is that it can switch between guarded and collaborative-operation, so one arm covers both fenced runs and work next to people. Running fence-free at this size still requires a risk assessment to qualify the layout. That sign-off is the gate before an operator shares the space with a heavy arm.

Repeatability sits at 0.1 mm, the accuracy band suited to heavy handling and large-part transfer. On collaborative assembly and tending duty, that mix of industrial payload and collaborative-capable sensing is what sets it apart from lighter cobots. It's a heavy arm you can qualify to run without a fence, which is the whole point of the design.

For other arms in this size and payload, see KUKA KR 120 R2700-2 and Yaskawa GP180.