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Dynamixel2Arduino

  • Software
  • Robot arms and industry
  • Library

An Arduino library for controlling DYNAMIXEL servo motors through a serial interface. It provides the API for talking to DYNAMIXEL actuators from Arduino-compatible boards.

Made by ROBOTIS, South Korea (checked on github.com/ROBOTIS-GIT (opens in a new tab)).

Source on GitHub: github.com/ROBOTIS-GIT/Dynamixel2Arduino (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 89f1387 (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
Apache-2.0 (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (Apache-2.0) at commit 89f1387 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Provides an API for driving DYNAMIXEL servos from Arduino sketches.
  • Hardcodes control table information for convenience and stores it in flash.
  • Lists serial port and direction pin definitions for several ROBOTIS controllers, including OpenCM9.04, OpenCM485EXP, OpenCR and OpenRB-150.
  • Supports adding new DYNAMIXEL models by editing source files, as described in linked pull requests.
  • Allows custom port handler classes by inheriting from the PortHandler base class.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 89f1387.

Getting started

Difficulty
Beginner
Hardware it needs, as the project states it
Works with ROBOTIS controllers such as OpenCM9.04, OpenCM485EXP, OpenCR and OpenRB-150, or custom boards, together with DYNAMIXEL servos; no computer or memory requirements are stated.

Maintenance

Status
Active: a commit in the last 90 days
Newest commit
1 Oct 2026 on master
Latest release
0.8.2 (1 Oct 2026)

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

Links

Robots on Robotheca that use it

No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.

Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.