Dobot CR5
Cost-effective 6-axis collaborative robot arm
Price
Price not publicly disclosed
Record checked Jul 9, 2026
Key facts
Values reflect the public record
- Height
- No public data documented
- Weight
- 25 kgManufacturer confirmed
- Payload
- 5 kgManufacturer confirmed
- Degrees of freedom
- 6Manufacturer confirmed
- Runtime
- No public data documented
- Max speed
- 3 m/sManufacturer confirmed
Canonical robot record
Overview
The Dobot CR5 is a six-axis collaborative robot arm positioned as a cost-effective entry point into industrial automation for small and medium-sized businesses. First shown publicly at Hannover Messe in 2019, it was designed to bring collaborative robotics within reach of companies that previously found cobots too expensive or too complex to integrate.
The CR5 emphasizes ease of use, offering several intuitive ways to program and operate the arm, including hand-guided teaching, a mobile application, a teach pendant, and direct PC control. This flexibility lets operators set up tasks quickly without deep robotics expertise.
Safety is central to the design, with built-in collision detection that allows the arm to work safely alongside human workers. Dobot markets the CR5 for a broad range of light industrial applications, from assembly and dispensing to material handling and machine tending.
RoboZaps maintains this record as part of its canonical robotics database. Specs are source-verified where linked; the record compares public facts across manufacturers rather than representing a single robot maker.
- Spec sources
- 3 linked
- Verification
- Verified · 11/11 specs source-verified
- Deployment
- Scaled Deployment
- Last verified
- Jul 9, 2026
Key Features
- Multiple intuitive control methods, including hand-guided drag-to-teach, mobile app, teach pendant, and PC connectivity
- Built-in collision detection for safe collaborative operation alongside people
- Six-axis articulated design suited to assembly, dispensing, and material-handling tasks
- Compact, relatively lightweight construction aimed at easy deployment by smaller businesses
- Industrial-grade ingress protection for use in typical workshop and factory environments
Specifications
Grouped technical data with source detail available on demand.
11 documented values
Connectivity
| Communication | Ethernet (TCP/IP), Modbus TCP, WiFiManufacturer confirmed |
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Environment
| IP Rating | IP54Manufacturer confirmed |
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Mechanics
| Degrees of Freedom | 6Manufacturer confirmed |
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| Locomotion | StationaryManufacturer confirmed |
Performance
| Max Speed | 3 m/sManufacturer confirmed |
|---|---|
| Payload Capacity | 5 kgManufacturer confirmed |
| Reach | 900 mmManufacturer confirmed |
| Repeatability | ±0.02 mmManufacturer confirmed |
Physical
| Weight | 25 kgManufacturer confirmed |
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Software
| ROS Compatible | YesManufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 9, 2026 Dobot (official Dobot-Arm GitHub) (opens in a new tab) |
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| SDK Support | YesManufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 9, 2026 Dobot (official Dobot-Arm GitHub) (opens in a new tab) |
Deployment and commercial evidence
Deployment evidence
Dobot CR Series — Official Product Page
Dobot CR Series collaborative robots are widely deployed in SME manufacturing across Asia Pacific, North America, and Europe with full ROS 2 driver support.
Integration & SDK
- ROS support
- Supported
- SDK available
- Supported
- API docs
- View docs (opens in a new tab)
- Supported platforms
- Linux, Windows, ROS 1 (Noetic), ROS 2, Python, C++
Support & service
Regions
| Tier | Response time | SLA |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 48 hrs | — |
Evidence & changelog
Sources behind this record and material corrections made over time.
Sources
- Dobot (official CR Series brochure D230308, distributor-hosted) - tranche-7 verification (opens in a new tab) · Dobot (official CR Series brochure D230308, distributor-hosted) — cites Payload Capacity, Reach, Repeatability, Degrees of Freedom, Weight, Max Speed, IP Rating, Communication, Locomotion
- Dobot (official Dobot-Arm GitHub) - tranche-6 verification (opens in a new tab) · Dobot (official Dobot-Arm GitHub) — cites SDK Support
- Dobot (official Dobot-Arm GitHub) - tranche-6 verification (opens in a new tab) · Dobot (official Dobot-Arm GitHub) — cites ROS Compatible
Record changelog
- Communication: Ethernet, Modbus, TCP/IP changed to Ethernet (TCP/IP), Modbus TCP, WiFi · Jul 9, 2026
tranche-6 verification (corrected): Official brochure lists 'TCP/IP, Modbus TCP, WIFI' (+RS485 end-effector interface). Current value is not wrong but redundant (Ethernet/TCP-IP double-count) and omit
- Weight: 24 kg changed to 25 kg · Jul 9, 2026
tranche-6 verification (corrected): Official brochure and current Dobot pages: CR5 weight 25 kg. (An older Trossen-hosted datasheet lists 23 kg; 24 kg matches no Dobot document.) Core weight_kg=25 alr
- Repeatability: ±0.03 mm changed to ±0.02 mm · Jul 9, 2026
tranche-6 verification (corrected): Official brochure: CR3/CR5/CR7 repeatability ±0.02 mm (only CR10/CR12/CR16 are ±0.03 mm). Trossen (official NA distributor) docs agree: ±0.02 mm. ± prefix kept.
Media
Manufacturer
Developer of affordable desktop and collaborative robotic arms for education and industrial automation.
- Headquarters
- Shenzhen, China
- Founded
- 2015
