OpenYAM
About
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 at 500 to 1,000 hertz. Paired with Anvil’s control software, the arm has demonstrated fine manipulation tasks such as tying zip ties.
Capabilities
Source-backed capabilities
- Operating environments: Desktop physical-AI research and light-industrial development
- Control modes: Teleoperated
- Bimanual manipulation
Claimed - Coordinate two OpenYAM arms for tasks such as tying zip ties, disassembling Lego assemblies or packing raw eggs. - environment: Desktop physical-AI research and light-industrial development
Source - Remote and shared control
Claimed - Control one or two OpenYAM arms with a Quest headset for manipulation demonstrations. - environment: Desktop physical-AI research and light-industrial development
Source
Context
Market context
OpenYAM is an open mobile-base hardware surface referenced in Anvil Robotics devkit configurations.
- Target environment: Robotics labs, open-hardware projects, mobile-manipulation testbeds and developer workspaces.
- Workflow context: Mobile-base prototyping, open hardware experimentation, devkit integration and mobile manipulation research.
- Customer context: Developers and researchers building modular mobile robot testbeds.
- Deployment model: Open hardware/developer platform model rather than a finished commercial robot.
- Commercial maturity: Research and developer surface.
- Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on documentation, parts availability, community support and integration skill.
- Market position: Open mobile-manipulation development path for teams building modular hardware testbeds.
- Adjacent products: Anvil devkits, AgileX bases, TurtleBot-class platforms