Franka Research 3

SDK and languages

Public SDK

Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Franka Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. Original text: “By using libfranka, our open source C++ interface”Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Franka Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 2 October 2026. Original text: “Mit der Verwendung von libfranka, unserer Open-Source C++-Schnittstelle”

Official SDK

libfranka Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Franka Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. Original text: “By using libfranka, our open source C++ interface”

C++ API

Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Franka Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. Original text: “By using libfranka, our open source C++ interface, you can send real-time control values at 1 kHz with 5 different interfaces”Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Franka Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 2 October 2026. Original text: “Mit der Verwendung von libfranka, unserer Open-Source C++-Schnittstelle”

Open-source SDK

Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Franka Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. libfranka interface. Original text: “By using libfranka, our open source C++ interface”

ROS 2

ROS compatibility

ROS 2 Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Franka Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 2 October 2026. Original text: “Zusätzlich verbindet franka_ros Franka-Roboter mit dem gesamten ROS 2-Ökosystem und integriert libfranka in ROS 2 Control.”ROS 2 Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Franka Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. Original text: “franka_ros connects Franka robots with the entire ROS 2 ecosystem, integrating libfranka into ROS 2 Control”

Simulation

Gazebo simulation

Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Franka Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. Original text: “It includes URDF models and detailed 3D meshes of our robots and end effectors, which allows visualization (e.g., RViz) and Gazebo simulation.”

MuJoCo simulation

Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Franka Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. support from the community. Original text: “Power up your simulations with MUJOCO, offering a seamless experience for modeling and testing.”

Local or cloud control

Local control

Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Franka Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. via Franka Control Interface (FCI), external workstation PC via Ethernet. Original text: “It provides the current status of the robot and enables its direct control with an external workstation PC connected via Ethernet.”Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. Franka Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 2 October 2026. via the Franka Control Interface (FCI), external PC connected over Ethernet. Original text: “ermöglicht dessen direkte Steuerung mit einem externen Workstation-PC, der über Ethernet verbunden ist”

Community projects

• ArrebolBlack/franka-control · Project independent of the manufacturer

  Apache-2.0 · 86 stars · Python · Active, last updated 22/09/2026

  No-ROS Python stack for Franka Research 3 control, teleoperation, trajectory planning, IK, RealSense, and LeRobot data collection.

• NYU-robot-learning/Franka-Teach · Project independent of the manufacturer

  Licence not recognised automatically · 28 stars · Python · Slowing down, last updated 26/11/2025

  OpenTeach fork for the bimanual Franka Research 3 setup

Figures read on GitHub on 02/10/2026.