The world best company of smart actuator market for robot, ROBOTIS Co., Ltd (C.E.O, Kim, Byung-soo) has announced a new product 'DYNAMIXEL X' series and stepped forward to target the global market.

The newly presented 'DYNAMIXEL X' series is the product of 'MX' series mounted with touchless magnetic encoder, which series was announced in 2012. It is a successor of 'DYNAMIXEL Pro' mounted with a cycloid decelerator that was announced in 2014. It is expected to bring a new innovative wind to the smart actuator market.

A hit product of ROBOTIS Co., Ltd, 'DYNAMIXEL', is an all-in-one actuator module for the driving device of robot. In 2009, it was rewarded for the president award in Korea Robot Grand Prize. In 2012, it was acknowledged for its technical skill and marketability after being selected for the 'World First Class Product' by the government. It is a core product that can well reveal the technical competitiveness of ROBOTIS Co., Ltd. Especially, the DYNAMIXEL of ROBOTIS attracted an attention at 'DRC (DARPA Robotics Challenge)' hosted by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) under the Ministry of Defense in the U.S. last year. At that time, eight teams out of fifteen, who had been advanced to the final, used the DYNAMIXEL of ROBOTIS, which in turn confirmed its reputation again.

‘Increased Durability and Convenient Assembly by The Application of Aluminum Case’ The 'DYNAMIXEL X', newly announced at this time, clearly differs from the existing product. First, its radiant heat performance and driving efficiency have been raised highly by manufacturing the case around motor and decelerating gear with aluminum. Accordingly, its product life has also been increased. Compared to the existing DYNAMIXEL product, it is worthy of notice that its volume has been decreased by 31%, yet its output power has been rather increased. It means that it has become simple to design robot. It is a drastic change as there is no need of using nut after a screw tightening hole has been added to the aluminum case.

‘Adoption of Innovative Hollow Type Cable Combine Structure ’
DYNAMIXEL also adopts a hollow type cable combine structure. Through this, it is available to minimize the fatigue and detachment of cable and prevent the entanglement of cable. It is available to accomplish the effect to solve the problem in communication defect while enhancing the safety of cable. ROBOTIS has adopted such actuator structure for the first time.

<From the left, examples of Hollow Type, Basic Type, Detachment Preventive Type Cable Combine>

‘Provide Various Control Algorithm’
DYNAMIXEL X has raised the completion of control algorithm compared to the existing product. It has provided a reliable torque control function by realizing a precision current sensing algorithm and has become possible for a smooth and precise control through the profile control. Also, providing total six control methods, it has become possible for developers to select proper control methods being adapt to use purpose or environment under various environments.

‘Pleasant Price and Aggressive Expansion Policy’
DYNAMIXEL X also provides a price benefit compared to the existing product. Despite the fact that it is a new product with various technologies and excellent performance, it seems greatly beneficial to customers as the price of ROBOTIS' existing products has been set the same as or lower than those prices of overseas competitors.

ROBOTIS Co., Ltd plans to expand an aggressive marketing on the basis of professional group and community that have been formed worldwide. ROBOTIS Co., Ltd plans to understand the demand of customers continuously and reflect it to the product design. ROBOTIS also plans to continuously release various models of different output power, deceleration ratio, communication method and exterior type responding to customers' demand. Through professional group and community, ROBOTIS presents a goal to realize a smart actuator that customers sincerely want by communicating with developers actively.

ROBOTIS Co., Ltd has led the market with a small size actuator DYNAMIXEL that is easy to be used for the educational robot kit or to establish a robotic system for research. Upon this opportunity of release in DYNAMIXEL X, it is expected to solidify the position of ROBOTIS as a professional company much more in domestic and overseas markets. DYANAMIXEL X series, which ROBOTIS Co., Ltd has accumulated for ten years and completed its developing knowhow of robot actuator, is expected to become another strong competitive power for ROBOTIS to advance to new markets of future professional service robot field.