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Run ROBOTIS OpenMANIPULATOR with ROS 2 and MoveIt

Arm, Medium

OpenMANIPULATOR from ROBOTIS is an open-source Dynamixel arm with ROS 2 packages for MoveIt planning, teleop and Gazebo, and it mounts on a TurtleBot 3.

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Launch the Gazebo model, plan with MoveIt, then control the real arm.

Hardware & cost: OpenMANIPULATOR-X kit (Dynamixel), or sim for free.

Difficulty: Medium.

Agent install prompt (paste into Claude Code, Cursor or Codex): "Clone https://github.com/ROBOTIS-GIT/open_manipulator into a ROS 2 workspace, build it, and launch the Gazebo + MoveIt demo."

Source: ROBOTIS-GIT/open_manipulator on GitHub — https://github.com/ROBOTIS-GIT/open_manipulator (facts checked against the project README, Oct 2026; prices vary by region).

Quick answers

What do you need to run ROBOTIS OpenMANIPULATOR with ROS 2 and MoveIt?
OpenMANIPULATOR-X kit (Dynamixel), or sim for free.
How hard is it to run ROBOTIS OpenMANIPULATOR with ROS 2 and MoveIt?
Medium.
Interfaces

Ideas to try with it

Our ideas, not the builder's claims.

  1. Plan pick and place moves in MoveIt and run them on the real arm
  2. Mount it on a TurtleBot 3 and fetch small objects
  3. Practice everything in Gazebo first
1 more idea
  1. Teleop it from a keyboard for a quick demo
Source
ROBOTIS-GIT/open_manipulator on GitHub
Last commit
2026-10-30
Builder
ROBOTIS-GIT
Repo
ROBOTIS-GIT/open_manipulator, 679 stars
Built with
OpenMANIPULATOR, TurtleBot 3/4

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