Elephant Robotics Mercury A1 vs Fairino FR Series Cobot

Two robotic arms side by side: price, live offers and the specs both makers state, from the shops DroidHunt tracks.

The Elephant Robotics Mercury A1 starts $296 lower ($4,999 vs $5,295).
The Elephant Robotics Mercury A1 is sold by more of the shops DroidHunt tracks (5 shops).

	Elephant Robotics Mercury A1	Fairino FR Series Cobot
Brand	Elephant Robotics	Fairino
From	$4,999	$5,295
Live offers	5 at 5 shops	6 at 1 shop
Payload	1 kg	3 kg (FR3, FR3-C), 5 kg (FR5), 10 kg (FR10), 16 kg (FR16), 20 kg (FR20), 30 kg (FR30)
Degrees of Freedom	7	6 rotating joints
Reach	450 mm	622 mm (FR3, FR3-C), 922 mm (FR5), 1,400 mm (FR10), 1,034 mm (FR16), 1,854 mm (FR20), 1,403 mm (FR30)
Repeatability	±0.05 mm	0.02 mm (FR3, FR5) to 0.1 mm (FR30), ISO 9283
Display	2-inch touchscreen (myPanel)	10.1-inch teach pendant or mobile web app
Connectivity	Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, USB, serial, CAN bus	I/O, TCP/IP, Modbus TCP/RTU; optional CC-Link, Profinet, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT
Software	myPanel, myBlockly, Python (pymycobot), C++ API, ROS, MoveIt	SDK for C#, C++, Python, ROS and ROS 2

Prices last checked Nov 2, 2026. Only offers re-checked within 72 hours are counted.