- Five degrees of freedom
- Support for Robot Operating System (ROS)
- Reach of 750 millimeters
- Payload of 750 grams
The ViperX 300 Robotic 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 enhanced durability, all in a smaller form factor compared to previous DYNAMIXEL servos. The DYNAMIXEL XM540 W270 & XM430 W350 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 also accessible to the user. At the heart of the ViperX 300 is the Robotis DYNAMIXEL U2D2, which enables easy access to the DYNAMIXEL Wizard software as well as ROS. The ViperX 300 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 ViperX 300 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. Examples are also included to demonstrate how the core packages work.
The ViperX 300 Robot Arm has a 75cm horizontal reach from the center of the base to the gripper, with a total span of 150cm. The working payload for the ViperX 300 arm is 750g. 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. While the ViperX 300 can lift more than 750g, it is not recommended to exceed this number.
