- Five degrees of freedom
- Support for the Robot Operating System (ROS)
- Reach of 550 millimeters
- Payload of 200 grams
The WidowX 200 Robotic Arm belongs to a new family of arms from Interbotix, featuring the DYNAMIXEL X Series Smart Servo Motors. The X Series actuators offer higher torque, more efficient heat dissipation, and better durability, all in a smaller form factor than previous DYNAMIXEL servos. The DYNAMIXEL XM 430 W350T and DYNAMIXEL XL430 W250T servos offer high resolution of 4096 positions and user definable PID parameters. Temperature monitoring, positional feedback, as well as voltage levels, load, and compliance settings are all user accessible. At the heart of the WidowX 200 is the Robotis DYNAMIXEL U2D2, which enables easy access to DYNAMIXEL Wizard software, as well as ROS. The WidowX 200 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 WidowX 200 arm. 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. Examples are also included to demonstrate how the core packages work.
The WidowX 200 Robotic Arm has a 55cm horizontal reach from the center of the base to the gripper, with a total span of 110cm. The working payload for the WidowX 200 arm is 200g. Working payload is the weight which the arm should not exceed under normal working circumstances, and is measured by the arms ability to repeatedly lift an object at roughly half extension without failure. Although the WidowX 200 can lift more than 200g, it is not recommended to exceed this number.
