Modular robotic arm

Our reconfigurable modular manipulator (RMM), developed under funding from NASA, uses a Universal Mating Adapter (UMA) for internal power and communications. This allows the building of a 1-DOF to N-DOF manipulator in minutes by combing individual pitch and roll joints. Each joint contains its own power and control electronics, failsafe brake, and absolute and relative optical encoders. All power and data cables pass through the joints internally, avoiding potential snags of external cables. The joints ar