Mecademic Meca500vsUniversal Robots UR20
Side-by-side comparison of Mecademic Meca500 and Universal Robots UR20: specs, price, use cases and SDKs.

Mecademic
Meca500
World's smallest 6-axis industrial arm (4.6kg, ±5µm repeatability)
From
$19,500

Universal Robots
UR20
Heavy-payload cobot (20kg, 1.75m reach) — UR's biggest arm
From
$65,000
Specifications
| Spec | Meca500 | UR20 |
|---|---|---|
| Price (USD) | $19,500 | $65,000 |
| Category | industrial | industrial |
| Payload | 0.5 kg | 20 kg |
| Weight | 4.6 kg | 64 kg |
| Reach | 260mm | 1750mm |
| Degrees of Freedom | 6 | 6 |
Shared use cases
No shared use cases
Only on Meca500
- Electronics micro-assembly
- Optical fiber alignment
- Medical device assembly
- Lab automation (96-well)
Only on UR20
- Palletizing
- End-of-line packaging
- Machine tending
- Heavy material handling
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