Kawasaki duAro1

The Kawasaki duAro1 is a dual-arm collaborative robot built on SCARA-style kinematics for shared workspaces. Each arm carries a 2 kg payload across a 760 mm reach, with four axes driving the motion. Kawasaki designed it for collaborative operation near people, subject to the cell's risk assessment, and that premise shapes the whole layout.

Its 0.05 mm repeatability puts it in range for precise assembly on small parts. The dual-arm design mimics human work patterns, so a single station can host both arms at once. Its compact build targets shared-workspace assembly where floor space runs tight.

The arm mounts to the floor on a cart-mounted base made for quick relocation between lines. The complete robot weighs 207 kg, and that cart base is what makes moving it between lines practical. A cell can shift it between stations as the work mix changes, and it's back running soon after.

On the line it handles packaging and machine-tending as well as assembly. In tending work the two arms can serve one station together, loading and unloading side by side. Collaborative operation reduces guarding needs, so those stations can sit right next to operators without a full fence line.

Two considerations set the practical boundaries. The 2 kg per-arm payload keeps heavier tasks out of reach, and reduced speed near people trims raw cycle-time. It runs on the F61 controller.

Kawasaki introduced the duAro1 in 2015 as a dual-arm collaborative option. For most cells the fit is light assembly, with packaging and machine-tending close behind. All three stay inside the shared workspace it's built to run in.