Facts

• Company: ROBOTIS
• Product type: Robotic Arm
• Status: commercial
• Capability focus: Manipulation
• Website: https://www.robotis.us/openmanipulator-x-rm-x52-tnm/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Record / Articles
• Timeline / Research
• Sources

Summary

OpenManipulator-X is ROBOTIS' open-source manipulator arm for research, education and lightweight mobile-manipulation development. The platform is built around DYNAMIXEL-X actuators and is used both as a standalone teaching arm and as a manipulator add-on for TurtleBot3 workflows.

Overview

OpenManipulator-X is ROBOTIS' open-source manipulator arm for research, education and lightweight mobile-manipulation development. The platform is built around DYNAMIXEL-X actuators and is used both as a standalone teaching arm and as a manipulator add-on for TurtleBot3 workflows.

Market context

OpenManipulator-X is ROBOTIS' open-source manipulator arm for research, education and lightweight mobile-manipulation development. The platform is built around DYNAMIXEL-X actuators and is used both as a standalone teaching arm and as a manipulator add-on for TurtleBot3 workflows.

Audience

Researchers

Workflow

manipulation

Capability

manipulation

Deployment environment

OpenManipulator-X operating environments

Positioning tags

• Audience: Researchers
• Workflow: manipulation
• Capability: manipulation
• Deployment environment: OpenManipulator-X operating environments

Specifications

• Actuation: DYNAMIXEL X-series servo actuators (XM430-W350-T)
• Total Dof: 5
• Max Payload Kg: 0.5 kg kg
• Reach Mm: 380 mm mm
• Repeatability Mm: < 0.2 mm mm
• Weight Kg: 0.7 kg kg
• Input Voltage: 12 V V
• Communication: TTL level multidrop bus
• Supported Platforms: TurtleBot3 Waffle Pi

Record / Articles

• 2026-04-20 - Article - ROBOTIS and the Move Up the Stack

Timeline / Research

• 2025-12-29 - Research Publication - Explainable Neural Inverse Kinematics for Obstacle-Aware Robotic Manipulation: A Comparative Analysis of IKNet Variants - The study applies explainable neural inverse kinematics to ob…
• 2025-01-01 - Research Publication - OpenManipulator-X reinforcement-learning paper combines FTSM control with DDPG - The paper applies reinforcement learning to improve control of the OpenMANIPULATOR-X robot.
• 2022-03-02 - Research Publication - OpenManipulator-X dynamics-control paper compares PD gravity compensation strategies - The paper investigates dynamic control of the 4-DOF OpenMANIPULATOR-X robot arm.