OpenARM 2.0

OpenARM is Anvil Robotics open-source 7-DOF humanoid robot arm. It is designed for physical-AI research and deployment in contact-rich manipulation environments.

Facts

  • Company: Anvil Robotics
  • Type: Bimanual Robot
  • Core: Dual arms
  • Function: Manipulation
  • Audience: Researchers
  • Status: Commercial
  • Website: https://shop.anvil.bot/products/openarm-v1-0

About

About OpenARM 2.0

OpenARM 2.0 is Anvil Robotics' open-source bimanual research platform for teleoperation and manipulation development. Its humanoid upper-body arrangement is designed to make two-arm control intuitive while retaining accessible manufacturing and repair.

Anvil sells the assembled robot with power-distribution units, CAN-to-USB adapters and cabling. The Devbox, grippers and cameras are separate purchases. OpenARM 1.0 is no longer produced, making 2.0 the current commercial configuration.

Specifications

  • Reach: 480 mm, or 650 mm with gripper
  • Payload Per Arm: 4.1 kg per arm, or 3.5 kg with gripper
  • Dof Per Arm: 7 DoF per arm
  • Control Model: MIT and POSVEL motor control modes
  • Control Frequency: 500 Hz over CAN, 1 kHz over CAN-FD
  • Software Stack: ROS 2 controls, Python SDK, C++ SDK, URDF, CAD, and open-source GitHub resources
  • Supported Platforms: ROS 2, Anvil Devbox, and community ROS 2 controls
  • Gripper: Anvil gripper sold separately, 0.658 kg, with camera mount option

Market context

OpenARM is an open-source research robot arm platform for development and experimentation in manipulation and control tasks.

  • Target environment: Research labs and development workshops.
  • Workflow context: Manipulation research, control development and robotic arm experimentation using an open-source hardware platform.
  • Customer context: Robotics researchers and developers building and testing manipulation systems.

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Capabilities

manipulation

  • Capability areas: Force control
  • Workflows: Manipulation research, control development and robotic arm experimentation using an open-source hardware platform.
  • Operating environments: Research lab

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Research

  • Anvil Robotics raises $6.5M to build a modular hardware and software platform for physical AI teams - 2026-04-02 - Article - The eight-month-old Palo Alto startup manufactures open-source robotic development kits in Taiwan and ships custom orders globally within two days; it has delivered 100-plus units to more than 50 organisations since commercial launch.
  • enactic/openarm - 2024-09-29 - Research Publication - The Enactic repository releases OpenARM hardware and software for a buildable bimanual physical-AI platform. Its ecosystem includes ROS 2 control plus simulation integrations for Isaac Lab and MuJoCo. The repository gives… - source: github.com

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Timeline

  • Anvil Robotics launches ready-to-go devkits for Physical AI - 2026-03-16 - Product Launch - The company publicly launched integrated devkits that bundle robot hardware, software, controls, cameras, and teleoperation workflows into a ready-to-run stack Launch materials position the kits around faster data collection and… - source: linkedin.com

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