Kawasaki duAro

The Kawasaki duAro is a collaborative dual arm robot built for tabletop lines where light assembly and kitting run beside human workers. It's floor mounted on a low profile base, and the record lists four axes, a 760 mm reach, and a 2 kg payload. The dual arm layout mirrors a single human workstation, so both arms can share one light job.

Repeatability comes in at 0.05 mm, which suits the small parts handling and component staging this cobot targets. That repeatability number describes how closely each arm returns to a taught pose, and both work within the 760 mm reach on a shared table. Its SCARA style motion stays in the horizontal plane of that surface.

As a collaborative arm, the duAro is designed for collaborative operation on many light tasks, which is what lets it sit directly on a shared bench where a risk assessment allows. Programming leans on simple direct teaching, so an operator guides poses by hand instead of writing motion code. The workflow behind that is covered under hand guiding.

It has a mass of 207 kg and mounts to the floor, and the F61 controller runs both arms from the base. Kawasaki introduced the duAro in 2015. Related arms include Universal Robots UR3e and KUKA LBR iisy 3 R760.

Payload sits at 2 kg, which the record flags as limited per arm, so bulky or heavy parts fall outside its range. Its horizontal SCARA reach fits flat, table level work, and the record notes some part geometries don't suit that motion. For light assembly and kitting cells that need two coordinated hands on small parts, that trade is the main thing to weigh before committing a line.