{
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "attribution": "fysical.ai / whatro.bot",
  "source": "https://github.com/fysical-ai/whatrobot-catalog",
  "url": "https://whatro.bot/robot/dobot-cr5a/",
  "html": "https://whatro.bot/robot/dobot-cr5a/",
  "taxonomy_version": "2026-01",
  "catalog_version": "2026-01",
  "handle": "dobot-cr5a",
  "name": "DOBOT CR5A",
  "kind": "robot",
  "manufacturer": {
    "handle": "dobot",
    "name": "Dobot",
    "country": "CN"
  },
  "category": {
    "id": "rb-1-1",
    "full_name": "Robot > Arm > Articulated arm",
    "path": [
      {
        "id": "rb",
        "name": "Robot",
        "handle": "robot"
      },
      {
        "id": "rb-1",
        "name": "Arm",
        "handle": "arm"
      },
      {
        "id": "rb-1-1",
        "name": "Articulated arm",
        "handle": "articulated"
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://whatro.bot/robots/arm/articulated/"
  },
  "facts": {
    "fixed_base": true,
    "manipulates": true,
    "arm_kinematics": "articulated"
  },
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "CR3A"
    },
    {
      "name": "CR5A",
      "note": "5 kg, 900 mm"
    },
    {
      "name": "CR7A"
    },
    {
      "name": "CR10A",
      "note": "10 kg, 1300 mm (CR10AF figures)"
    },
    {
      "name": "CR12A"
    },
    {
      "name": "CR16A"
    },
    {
      "name": "CR20A",
      "note": "20 kg, 1700 mm (CR20AF figures)"
    },
    {
      "name": "CR5AF / CR10AF / CR20AF",
      "note": "force-control variants with 6-axis flange F/T sensor"
    }
  ],
  "availability": "shipping",
  "release_year": 2023,
  "attributes": {
    "segment": [
      "professional",
      "education"
    ],
    "application": [
      "handling",
      "machine-tending",
      "assembly",
      "education"
    ],
    "environment": [
      "indoor"
    ],
    "mass": 25,
    "payload": 5,
    "ip_rating": "IP54",
    "axes": 6,
    "reach": 900,
    "repeatability": 0.02,
    "arm_count": 1,
    "mounting": [
      "floor",
      "table",
      "wall",
      "ceiling"
    ]
  },
  "summary": "The CR5A is the 5 kg model of Dobot's CRA cobot series, launched at Automate in May 2023 with seven sizes from 3 kg to 20 kg payload and 620–1700 mm working radius. It has fast-acting electromagnetic brakes, virtual boundaries and optional SafeSkin non-contact collision avoidance. The CRAF sub-series adds a flange force/torque sensor for compliant tasks.",
  "links": {
    "product": "https://www.dobot-robots.com/insights/news/715.html"
  },
  "offers": [
    {
      "seller": "Unchained Robotics",
      "url": "https://unchainedrobotics.de/en/products/robot/cobot/dobot-cr5a",
      "price": 14600,
      "currency": "EUR",
      "date": "2026-10-28",
      "region": "EU",
      "affiliate": false,
      "note": "excl. VAT; range to EUR 17,700 by configuration"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Dobot news: CRA series launch",
      "url": "https://www.dobot-robots.com/insights/news/715.html",
      "accessed": "2026-10-28",
      "for": [
        "variants",
        "release_year",
        "summary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Unchained Robotics CR5A",
      "url": "https://unchainedrobotics.de/en/products/robot/cobot/dobot-cr5a",
      "accessed": "2026-10-28",
      "for": [
        "specs",
        "price"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "automate.org DOBOT CRAF series",
      "url": "https://www.automate.org/products/shenzhen-yuejiang-technology-co-ltd-dobot/dobot-craf-series",
      "accessed": "2026-10-28",
      "for": [
        "variants"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "unverified": [
    "collaborative",
    "sdk"
  ],
  "notes": "Unverified (free text): arm IP (reseller page shows both IP54 and IP68). The requested 'CR5 or CRA5': the current line is the CRA series, model name CR5A. Reseller page is inconsistent on IP (IP54 arm vs 'IP68' version field); IP54 recorded. No official Dobot CR5A product page fetched. No safety standard named.",
  "tags": [],
  "price": {
    "amount": 14600,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "date": "2026-10-28",
    "seller": "Unchained Robotics",
    "url": "https://unchainedrobotics.de/en/products/robot/cobot/dobot-cr5a"
  },
  "attribute_definitions": {
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      "name": "Segment",
      "type": "enum",
      "unit": null,
      "description": "Buyer groups that would plausibly buy this at list price."
    },
    "application": {
      "name": "Application",
      "type": "enum",
      "unit": null,
      "description": "What the product is marketed to do. Each value belongs to one application group."
    },
    "environment": {
      "name": "Environment",
      "type": "enum",
      "unit": null,
      "description": "Environments the product is rated to operate in."
    },
    "mass": {
      "name": "Mass",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "kg",
      "description": "Product mass as specified."
    },
    "payload": {
      "name": "Payload",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "kg",
      "description": "Rated payload. Arm: at the wrist. Mobile robot: on the deck. End-effector: held object."
    },
    "ip_rating": {
      "name": "IP rating",
      "type": "text",
      "unit": null,
      "description": "Ingress protection rating (IEC 60529), e.g. IP54."
    },
    "axes": {
      "name": "Axes",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "count",
      "description": "Number of controlled axes. Arm: joints. Force-torque sensor: measured axes."
    },
    "reach": {
      "name": "Reach",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "mm",
      "description": "Maximum reach of the arm."
    },
    "repeatability": {
      "name": "Repeatability",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "mm",
      "description": "Position repeatability as specified."
    },
    "arm_count": {
      "name": "Arm count",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "count",
      "description": "Number of arms on the product."
    },
    "mounting": {
      "name": "Mounting",
      "type": "enum",
      "unit": null,
      "description": "Positions in which an arm can be mounted."
    }
  }
}