- Five degrees of freedom
- Support for the Robot Operating System (ROS)
- Maximum reach of 450 millimeters
- Maximum payload of 100 grams
The Reactorx 150 Robot Arm belongs to a new family of arms from Interbotix featuring the DYNAMIXEL X Series Smart Servo Motors. These X Series actuators offer higher torque, more efficient heat dissipation and better durability in a smaller form factor compared to previous DYNAMIXEL servos. The DYNAMIXEL XM 430 W350T and DYNAMIXEL XL430 W250 T servos provide high resolution of 4096 positions and user definable PID parameters. Temperature monitoring, positional feedback, voltage levels, load, and compliance settings are all user accessible. At the heart of the ReactorX 150 is the Robotis DYNAMIXEL U2D2, which enables easy access to DYNAMIXEL Wizard software as well as ROS. The ReactorX 150 offers five degrees of freedom and a full 360 degree rotation.
ROS packages for Kinetic and Melodic on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 and 18.04 make it easy for users to get started with the ReactorX 150 arm. These packages include full meshes and URDFs (including accurate inertial models for the links), a driver node that controls the physical robot arm and publishes joint states, as well as gazebo and moveit support. Additionally, examples are included to demonstrate how the core packages work.
The ReactorX 150 Robot Arm has a 45cm horizontal reach from the center of the base to the gripper, with a total span of 90cm. The working payload for the ReactorX 150 arm is 100g. This is the weight that the arm should not exceed under normal working circumstances, measured by the arms ability to repeatedly lift an object at roughly half extension without failure. Although the ReactorX 150 can lift more than 100g, it is not recommended to exceed this payload.
