olive™ SERVO

servo motor

olive™ SERVO is a software-defined servo motor designed to be re-programmable and easy to integrate allowing you to quickly create custom robots.

  • Modular and software-defined
  • Plug & play
  • Native ROS & ROS 2 interface
  • Real-time kernel
  • Ethernet over USB connection
  • Position, velocity, and torque control
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MANUFACTURED
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Robot hardware that grows with you

Learn, build and grow in robotics with Olive™ hardware.
Create robots intuitively while aligning with industry standards.

RE-PROGRAMMABLE

REAL-TIME

INTEROPERABLE

PLUG & PLAY

ROS & ROS 2-NATIVE

Ehternet USB-C

Main Features

WebGUI: The Olive embedded web-based GUI is a user-friendly interface for configuring, controlling, and testing out our modular robotic building blocks. It provides a wide range of capabilities for setting up and controlling our hardware components, including setting parameters, sending commands, and visualizing sensor data. It also offers an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that is based on the JupyterLab platform. It allows users to manage embedded files on the device, create projects, write Python or C++ based embedded applications, and run them on the modules.
Daisy Chain Technology: Leveraging the Power Delivery (PD) protocol in our daisy chain configuration offers a transformative approach to device interconnectivity. PD ensures seamless data and power transfer across the chain, allowing devices to negotiate optimal power levels dynamically. This results in a consistent and reliable power distribution, ensuring that each device in the sequence operates at its peak performance. The bi-directional capability of PD also permits devices in the chain to both supply and receive power as required, leading to a more efficient and integrated setup. This advanced protocol greatly enhances the versatility and efficiency of our daisy chain system, ensuring smooth inter-device communication without the complications of inconsistent power distribution.
Integrated Sensors: The servo is equipped with a diverse array of sensors, encompassing an IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), back EMF detection, effort sensing, a digital encoder, and current measurement capabilities. This comprehensive suite of sensors offers a multifaceted feedback system, allowing control algorithms to access a wealth of real-time data. As a result, the algorithms can finely tune the servo's performance, adapting dynamically to various conditions and requirements. This ensures not only precise movement and positioning but also maximizes efficiency, leading to optimized behavior tailored to the task at hand.
ROS/ROS 2 Native: Embracing the advancements of modern sensor technology, our Servo offers native support for ROS2 (Robot Operating System 2). This essentially means that the Servo is driverless, eliminating the need to install and run a separate ROS2 node on your host computer. By sidestepping this additional layer of software, not only is the system latency minimized, but the throughput of data is also optimized to its maximum potential. This direct integration ensures that data flows seamlessly and promptly from the sensor to the system. Furthermore, the native ROS2 capability makes the Servo truly plug-and-play, streamlining integration processes and enhancing user experience, especially in dynamic environments where rapid deployment and configuration are crucial.

A universal robot servo motor

Modular. Software-defined. ROS and ROS 2-native

olive™ SERVO is a revolutionary modular robot servo motor that
allows you to build any robot fast and easily.

  • Real-time kernel: A real-time kernel offers deterministic response times, making it essential for consistent data acquisition. Its optimized nature minimizes system latencies, ensuring timely processing in critical applications. This predictability is key to avoiding unexpected delays or interruptions.
  • ROS & ROS 2 Native: This essentially means that the Servo is driverless, eliminating the need to install and run a separate ROS2 node on your host computer.

  • PD Support: Leveraging the Power Delivery (PD) protocol in our daisy chain configuration offers a transformative approach to device interconnectivity.
  • Digital Encoder: Digital Encoder uses magnetic sensing with feedback rates up to 4 kHz, ensuring precise motor position monitoring. This high-frequency feedback leads to enhanced, smooth motor control, adapting swiftly to various operational demands.

SERVO tech specs

Powered by ROS

Olive™ Servo has built-in ROS capabilities. The Robot Operating System (ROS) is an open-source framework that enables developers to easily create, manage, and integrate robot hardware components. It is widely used in the robotics industry, and is considered a crucial tool for anyone working in the field of robotics. ROS provides a common set of tools and libraries that can be used to develop and control robot hardware, making it possible for hardware components from different manufacturers to work together seamlessly. This is particularly important for the development of modular robots, which are composed of multiple interchangeable parts. At Olive Robotics, we use ROS and ROS 2 to develop and control our robot hardware components, enabling us to create advanced, modular robots that are easy to program and customize.

Which companies are using ROS?

Plug and play,
ROS-native hardware

olive™ components is designed to be easily integrated into any robotics system, thanks to its plug and play design. This means that it can be easily connected to a computer or control system using a simple USB-C interface, without the need for complex wiring or configuration.

In addition, olive™ component is natively compatible with ROS, Gazebo and all of its ecosystem of tools. This allows users to easily incorporate Olive™ components into ROS-based projects in an accelerated manner.

Applications

Empowering everyone to sense motions, reliable, plug and play

Robotic Agriculcture
Robotic Warehouse
Robotic Inspection
Indoor Service Robots
Teleoperation
DIY Prosthetics
DIY Robotics
Delivery Robots
Manipulators
Lab Automation
Industrial Automation
Humanoid Robots
3D Printers
Education
Camera Gimbals
Drones

TECH SPECS

Form Factor

Dimensions (W x H x D)

Weight

60mm x 60mm x 48mm

360 grams

Processor Unit

Application Processor

Real-Time Processor

Dual Cortex-A7 up to 800 MHz

Cortex-M4 MPU up to 200 MHz

Memory

On Chip (SoC)

On Chip EEPROM (SoC)

On SOM

512 MB RAM

512 Bytes x 8

64 GByte SD Flash

Connectivity

High-Speed Connectivity

1x Virtual Ethernet USB Type C (up to 0.5 Gbps)

1x USB Type C (Daisy Chain Host)

Other I/O

1x User Switch

3x User LEDs

Software

Yocto BSP available for batch purchases

Linux Kernel

Operating System

Communication middleware

Robotic Operating Systems

Linux 5.10

Debian 11

Apache Cyclone DDS

ROS Noetic Ninjemys, ROS 2 Humble Hawksbill

Power, Mechanical, and Thermal

Power Consumption

Voltage

Max Current

Rotation Range

Max Speed

Stall Torque

Backlash

Sensors

Temperature Range

USB Type C PD <30W (65 W max)

PD 5.0v/9.0v/12.0v/15.0v/20.0v

5000mA

0-360 degrees

0.17 seconds/60 degrees

2.4 [N.m] (at 12[V], 2.2 [A])

20 [arcmin] (0.33 [°])

0.02 degrees (14-Bit [pulse/rev]) / 4x BEMF / 4x Current Sense

Commercial 0°C to 85°C / Industrial -40°C to +85°C

Form Factor

Dimensions (W x H x D)

60mm x 60mm x 48mm

Weight

360 grams


Processor Unit

Application Processor

Dual Cortex-A7 up to 800 MHz

Real-Time Processor

Cortex-M4 MPU up to 200 MHz


Memory

On Chip (SoC)

512 MB RAM

On Chip EEPROM (SoC)

512 Bytes x 8

On SOM

64 GByte SD Flash


Connectivity

High-Speed Connectivity

1x Virtual Ethernet USB Type C (up to 0.5 Gbps)

1x USB Type C (Daisy Chain Host)

Other I/O

1x User Switch

3x User LEDs


Software

Yocto BSP available for batch purchases

Linux Kernel

Linux 5.10

Operating System

Debian 11

Communication middleware

Apache Cyclone DDS

Robotic Operating Systems

ROS Noetic Ninjemys, ROS 2 Humble Hawksbill


Power, Mechanical, and Thermal

Power Consumption

USB Type C PD <30W (65 W max)

Voltage

PD 5.0v/9.0v/12.0v/15.0v/20.0v

Max Current

5000mA

Rotation Range

0-360 degrees

Max Speed

0.17 seconds/60 degrees

Stall Torque

2.4 [N.m] (at 12[V], 2.2 [A])

Backlash

20 [arcmin] (0.33 [°])

Sensors

0.02 degrees (14-Bit [pulse/rev]) / 4x BEMF / 4x Current Sense

Temperature Range

Commercial 0°C to 85°C / Industrial -40°C to +85°C


Partners

Projects and customers all around the world

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