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About OpenArm 02
An open-source, human-scale robotic arm from Tokyo's Enactic, built for physical AI research, teleoperation, and reproducible robot-learning benchmarks.
Manufacturer
Key Specifications
Status
ACTIVE
Category
Humanoid
Verified
2026-09-15
CPU/GPU
N/A
Verified
Not verified
Gear tech
Low-ratio planetary gearboxes (9:1 to 40:1 depending on joint), which preserve backdrivability
Motor tech
DAMIAO quasi-direct-drive (QDD) brushless motors (DM-J4310, DM-J8009P), plus one higher-torque non-QDD motor (DM4340) at the base joint
Height [cm]
N/A
Main market
physical-AI/embodied-AI teams worldwide — data collection, teleoperation, and VLA model training, Robotics research labs, universities
Nationality
Japan
Availability
In production
Connectivity
CAN-FD control bus (1 kHz), wired — no built-in Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, networking depends on the host computer
Manufacturer
OpenArm
Shipping Size
N/A
LLM integration
Compatible with external vision-language-action (VLA) models via Hugging Face's LeRobot and similar frameworks, run on the user's own compute
Max speed (km/h)
0
Operating system
None onboard; driven from a Linux host (Ubuntu 22.04/24.04) via ROS 2 and SocketCAN
Safe with humans
Yes
Camera resolution
Built-in in-hand RGB camera on the gripper (resolution unpublished), optional ZED-121210 stereo camera add-on for a top-down workspace view
Number of fingers
2-finger gripping claws
Ingress protection
N/A
Walking Speed [km/h]
0
Latency glass to action
Not a fixed hardware spec — depends on the external AI model and host PC. The CAN-FD control bus itself runs at 1 kHz (1 ms cycle)
Main structural material
Aluminum and stainless steel, with MISUMI aluminum-frame support pillars
Degrees of freedom, hands
1 DoF grippers each hand
Runtime pr charge (hours)
N/A
Degrees of freedom, overall
14
Data sourced from Wikidata · Last verified: 2026-09-15 · Methodology