6-axis control open source robot arm Niryo's latest model "Ned"

An open source robot arm for education and research with 6-axis control developed by Niryo of France on the Unipos website. Ned Added.This is a robot arm from Kickstarter Niryo ONE This is the next generation model of the new model, which was just released in January 2021.

NedIn addition to the 6-axis control that is a feature of the Niryo series, high accuracy and reproducibility (0.5 mm), and the adoption of an aluminum structure that realizes smooth movement, etc. It is a model for collaborative robots (Cobot) that reproduces. Suitable for robot utilization prototyping (*) on production lines based on Industry 4.0 orientation.

* It is recommended to use Niryo's Ecosystem – Conveyor Belt / Vision Set together. For more information on Conveyor Belt and Vision Set, please see the following page.

 

Major updates from Niryo One

  • 0.5mm precision and repeatability to reproduce the behavior required in advanced applications.
  • The strength and smoothness of the aluminum structure smoothly realizes the movements required for robot projects.
  • Equipped with 64-bit ARM V8 processor, 2GB RAM, improved connectivity (USB 3.0 / WiFi 5 / Bluetooth 5.0) Raspberry Pi 4 Equipped with.
  • A collaborative robot based on Ubuntu 18.04 and ROS Melodic. Multiple libraries are available through ROS, allowing you to devise a variety of programs, from simple to complex.

 

Main Specifications

  • Number of axis: 6
  • Weight: 6.5 kg
  • Payload: 0.3 kg
  • Max Reach: 440 mm
  • precision: 0.5 mm
  • Repeatability: 0.5 mm
  • Base joint range: +/- 175 °
  • Power Supply: 11.1 Volts / 6A
  • Communication:
    – Ethernet 1 Gb / s
    – WIFI 2.4GHz & 5GHz – 802.11 g / g / n / ac
    - Bluetooth 5.0 BLE
    - USB
  • Interface / Programming: Windows / MacOS / Linux (desktop application) & APIs
  • Power consumption: ~ 60 W
  • Materials: Aluminum, PLA (impression 3D)
  • Ports: 1 Ethernet + 2 USB 3.0 + 2 USB 2.0
  • Electronics/Motorization
    – Raspberry pi 4
    – + 3 x Niryo Steppers
    – + 2x Dynamixel XL – 430
    – + 1x Dynamixel XL – 320
  • Collision detection sensor: Magnetic sensor (on motor)

 

Other features of Ned are that it can handle various objects by replacing the end effector parts like Niryo One, a learning mode that allows the robot to move directly by hand and learn the movement, and a Blockly-based original desktop application ( With Niryo Studio), you can control the robot arm without any programming knowledge (programming in ROS, Python, C ++ is also possible).

Meet Ned, the new 6-axis collaborative robot for education and research