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OpenYAM

OpenYAM is Anvil Robotics' open mobile-base hardware project referenced in its devkit configurations. It supports research and development work around mobi...

Facts

Company
Anvil Robotics
Product type
robotic_arm
Status
commercial
Primary capability
desktop manipulation and robot-learning data collection
Website
https://shop.anvil.bot/products/openyam

About OpenYAM

OpenYAM is an open-hardware desktop robot arm sold by Anvil Robotics for manipulation development and data collection. Anvil publishes the mechanical CAD and offers the arm as a robot kit, with a separate Quest Teleop Kit for operator demonstrations.

The platform supports ROS 2, Foxglove and LeRobot workflows, while its control bus is documented at 500 to 1,000 hertz. It is a manipulation development system, with no mobile base in the documented product configuration.

Market context

robot, Desktop Manipulator, open_source_desktop_manipulator, industrial_robot, 2026-08-21, Desktop Manipulator, industrial_robot, desktop_manipulator, industrial_robot, controlled_category_mapping_2026-08-21, false

Summary

Type: Mobile base

Core: Open hardware

Function: Mobility

Audience: Developers

Specifications

commercial_status
developer_platform
mobility_class
mobile_manipulator
operating_environment
indoor_structured
operational_role
research_development; manipulation

Operations

Environment
robotics research laboratories, light-industrial development workstations
Primary user
robotics researchers, physical AI development teams
Role
desktop manipulation, teleoperation data collection
Interaction model
teleoperated, developer_programmed
Mobility class
fixed-base manipulator
Product detail
robot, Desktop Manipulator, open_source_desktop_manipulator, industrial_robot, 2026-08-21, Desktop Manipulator, industrial_robot, desktop_manipulator, industrial_robot, controlled_category_mapping_2026-08-21, false

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