ABB Robotics · Collaborative robot · Commercial product

GoFa 5

GoFa 5 (CRB 15000) is ABB's 5 kg, six-axis collaborative robot arm, with a published 950 mm reach to the wrist centre and torque and position sensors in each joint.

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GoFa 5

Maximum payload: 5 kg
Reach: 950 mm to wrist centre; 1,050 mm to tool flange
Degrees of freedom: 6 axes
Pose repeatability: 0.02 mm

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Key specifications

Every value sourced

Maximum payload: 5 kg [1]
Reach: 950 mm to wrist centre; 1,050 mm to tool flange [1]
Degrees of freedom: 6 axes [2]
Pose repeatability: 0.02 mm [3]
Maximum TCP speed: 2.2 m/s [2]
Ingress protection: IP54 [2]
Robot weight: 28 kg [3]

ABB sells GoFa in 5 kg, 10 kg and 12 kg variants (GoFa 5, GoFa 10 and GoFa 12). This record covers GoFa 5, the original CRB 15000.

Full specifications

20 fields

Performance

Maximum payload What is this?	5 kg [1]
Reach What is this?	950 mm to wrist centre; 1,050 mm to tool flange [1]ABB publishes both reference points. Universal Robots publishes a single reach figure for UR5e.
Degrees of freedom What is this?	6 axes [2]
Pose repeatability What is this?	0.02 mm [3]The cited ABB documents do not name the test standard. ABB's current GoFa page describes 0.02 mm as best in class.Also published: 0.05 mm (position repeatability, RP) [2]
Absolute position accuracy What is this?	0.1 mm with ABB's Ultra Accuracy feature; path accuracy down to 0.03 mm [1]Family-level statement on ABB's GoFa page; depends on the Ultra Accuracy feature.

Motion

Maximum TCP speed What is this?	2.2 m/s [2]ABB notes that the safe collaborative speed is lower and depends on the application.
Joint working ranges What is this?	±180° on axes 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6; −225° to +85° on axis 3 [2]
Maximum joint speeds	125°/s (axes 1–2), 140°/s (axis 3), 200°/s (axes 4–6) [2]

Safety

Safety rating	PL d, Category 3 [2]
Safety software	SafeMove Collaborative, included [2]

Environment

Ingress protection	IP54 [2]ABB's current GoFa page states protection up to IP67 across the family; confirm the option for a specific GoFa 5 configuration.
Cleanroom classification	ISO cleanroom class 4 [3]

Physical

Robot weight	28 kg [3]Also published: 27 kg [2]
Base footprint	165 × 165 mm [2]
Mounting	Any angle, including table, wall or ceiling [2]

Tool flange and I/O

Tool flange What is this?	ISO 9409-1-50 [2]
Customer signals	4 signals for I/O, fieldbus or Ethernet; 24 V / 2 A supply [2]

Controller and communications

Controller	OmniCore C30 [2]

Programming

Programming	FlexPendant apps, lead-through programming and RobotStudio offline programming [1]

Sensing

Joint sensing	Torque and position sensors in each of the six joints [4]

Joint data

Why joint limits matter

Joint	Working range	Maximum speed	Source
Axis 1	−180° to +180°	125°/s	[2]
Axis 2	−180° to +180°	125°/s	[2]
Axis 3	−225° to +85°	140°/s	[2]
Axis 4	−180° to +180°	200°/s	[2]
Axis 5	−180° to +180°	200°/s	[2]
Axis 6	−180° to +180°	200°/s	[2]

Working envelope

ABB publishes two reach figures for GoFa 5: 950 mm to the wrist centre and 1,050 mm to the tool flange. Its 2021 datasheet limits axis 3 to −225° to +85° and the other five axes to ±180°, which shapes the reachable volume as much as the headline reach does.

The 5 kg figure is the published maximum payload. As with any arm, tool mass, centre of gravity and orientation decide what the application can actually carry.

Repeatability, accuracy and sensing

ABB's 2023 portfolio gives 0.02 mm pose repeatability for GoFa 5; its 2021 datasheet gives 0.05 mm. The cited documents do not name the test standard, so treat cross-brand comparisons of this figure as indicative.

ABB separately states absolute position accuracy of 0.1 mm with its Ultra Accuracy feature, a useful reminder that repeatability and accuracy are different measurements. ABB's launch release describes torque and position sensors in each of the six joints.

What remains unknown

The ABB documents cited here do not publish power consumption, noise or ambient temperature limits for GoFa 5. RoboMag leaves those fields unknown rather than estimating them.

RoboMag has not physically tested GoFa. Reliability, cycle-time and ownership-cost conclusions would require a declared method and evidence beyond published specifications.

Specification history

2 differences

ABB Robotics’ own documents do not always publish the same value. RoboMag shows the value from the newest dated document that publishes each field and keeps the others visible, with the document behind each, rather than silently overwriting them.

Field	Current value	Other official values
Pose repeatability	0.02 mm [3]	0.05 mm (position repeatability, RP) [2]
Robot weight	28 kg [3]	27 kg [2]

Applications

As listed by ABB Robotics [4]

Material handling
Machine tending
Component assembly
Packaging
Laboratory automation

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Official documents

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Primary sources

[1] GoFa collaborative robotsABB Robotics · Product family page (GoFa 5, GoFa 10, GoFa 12) · accessed 8 October 2026
[4] ABB launches GoFa higher payload cobot for collaborative tasks up to 5kgABB · Press release, 24 February 2021 · accessed 8 October 2026