{"slug": "a-fully-open-source-humanoid-arm-for-physical-ai-research", "title": "A fully open-source humanoid arm for physical AI research", "summary": "Enactic, Inc. published OpenArm on GitHub, a fully open-source 7DOF humanoid arm designed for physical AI research and contact-rich environments. The arm emphasizes high backdrivability and compliance, giving way when it meets a person or obstacle while still handling useful payloads, and uses human-scale proportions. A complete bimanual configuration is also offered.", "body_md": "Enactic, Inc. has published OpenArm on GitHub, an open-source 7DOF humanoid arm built for physical AI research and for work in contact-rich environments. The design emphasizes high backdrivability and compliance, so the arm gives way when it meets a person or an obstacle, while still handling useful payloads. The proportions are human-scale. A complete bimanual […]", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-fully-open-source-humanoid-arm-for-physical-ai-research", "canonical_source": "https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/09/28/a-fully-open-source-humanoid-arm-for-physical-ai-research/", "published_at": "2026-09-28 20:15:15+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-28 20:17:45.135696+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["robotics", "ai-research", "artificial-intelligence", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Enactic, Inc.", "OpenArm", "GitHub"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-fully-open-source-humanoid-arm-for-physical-ai-research", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-fully-open-source-humanoid-arm-for-physical-ai-research.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-fully-open-source-humanoid-arm-for-physical-ai-research.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-fully-open-source-humanoid-arm-for-physical-ai-research.jsonld"}}