Motion & Actuation · Networked smart servo actuator

ROBOTIS

XM540-W270-R

A compact current-controllable servo whose page explicitly warns that the headline stall torque is not a continuous rating.

Architecture

Coreless motor, metal gearing, absolute encoder and Protocol 2.0 controller in a compact servo

Identity

ROBOTIS DYNAMIXEL XM540-W270-R · Also: XM540-W270-T/R

CATEGORY SUPPLIER LANDSCAPE

11 known suppliers in this product family.

Motor, reduction, feedback and drive electronics sold as an integrated or near-integrated robot-joint product. The list is bounded to the current RCI manufacturer-directory universe and separates exact-model audited suppliers from confirmed product-line suppliers.

EXACT-MODEL AUDITED

8 suppliers

HEBI Robotics · ROBOTIS · CubeMars · MYACTUATOR · Unitree Robotics · mjbots · FEETECH · Damiao

PRODUCT-LINE CONFIRMED

3 suppliers

INNFOS · MAB Robotics · Synapticon

This is a bounded discovery set, not a claim to enumerate every company worldwide. Open the full supplier landscape and official routes →

DECISION READINESS / 0.1

What this record can support today.

Coverage is computed from published, non-unknown fields. It measures the record—not product quality—and makes missing procurement evidence explicit.

Engineering field coverage45%

5 of 11 selected fields published

  • Official product sourcepublished
  • Lifecycle statepublished
  • Mechanical dimensions / mass / mountingpublished
  • Environmental operating limitsmissing
  • Continuous or rated outputunknown
  • Peak / momentary outputmissing
  • Speed boundarypublished
  • Transmission ratio / errorpublished
  • Electrical input / consumptionmissing
  • Control and communication interfacemissing
  • Position / torque feedbackmissing
Procurement field coverage15%

2 of 13 selected fields published

  • Official product / sales routepublished
  • Lifecycle statepublished
  • Exact orderable SKU / part numbermissing
  • Price with region, currency and quantitymissing
  • Lead time with check datemissing
  • Commercial availability / stock statemissing
  • Minimum order quantitymissing
  • Authorized distributor / sales channelmissing
  • CAD / STEP / interface drawingmissing
  • Certification with identifiermissing
  • MTBF / failure / reliability datamissing
  • Warranty termsmissing
  • PCN / EOL / replacement noticemissing

Coverage measures whether a selected public field is present with non-U evidence. It is not a product score, compatibility result, certification, availability confirmation or procurement recommendation. Download the complete readiness coverage JSON →

MODEL-LINKED PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

1 bounded physical-evidence record.

Publisher independence, identity precision and measurement scope vary by row. Results remain bounded by the disclosed specimen, setup, workload and metric; an inconclusive mapping is evidence associated with the catalog model, not verification of a manufacturer claim.

Measured resultConditionsClaim mappingSource
Independent deployed experimentindependent_deployed_experimentUsed as the rotation motor in a weaving-gripper study with five repeated trialsThe XM540-W270-R drove a PET-strip gripper from an initial −70° angle to four final-angle conditions before vertical pull-to-failure testing with load-cell and torque-sensor instrumentation.supportedThe catalog claim already carries a qualified external V source with its original condition and location.Grasping through dynamic weaving with entangled closed loops ↗Methods: Experimental method, lines identifying XM540-W270-R and the five repeated trials
Checked 2026-08-10
CLAIM LEDGER

Reported values, conditions attached.

Evidence state describes the claim—not the prestige of the company or document.

ClaimReported valueCondition / boundaryStateSource
Continuous output torquecontinuous_torqueNot published in cited specificationRCI checked the cited official specification on the verification date.The e-Manual publishes stall torque and warns that it differs from continuous and real-world output.U · UnknownROBOTIS XM540-W270-T/R e-Manual ↗Specifications and stall-torque warning
Checked 2026-08-10
Stall torqueheadline_torque10.6 N·m12.0 V and 4.4 A; momentary stall condition.M · Manufacturer claimedROBOTIS XM540-W270-T/R e-Manual ↗Specifications and stall-torque warning
Checked 2026-08-10
No-load speedspeed30 rpm12.0 V; no load.M · Manufacturer claimedROBOTIS XM540-W270-T/R e-Manual ↗Specifications and stall-torque warning
Checked 2026-08-10
Weightmass165 gNo additional condition stated in the selected source.M · Manufacturer claimedROBOTIS XM540-W270-T/R e-Manual ↗Specifications and stall-torque warning
Checked 2026-08-10
Gear ratiogear_ratio272.5:1No additional condition stated in the selected source.M · Manufacturer claimedROBOTIS XM540-W270-T/R e-Manual ↗Specifications and stall-torque warning
Checked 2026-08-10
Physical connectioncommunicationsRS-485 multidropR variant; T variant uses TTL.M · Manufacturer claimedROBOTIS XM540-W270-T/R e-Manual ↗Specifications and stall-torque warning
Checked 2026-08-10
Backlashbacklash15 arcmin / 0.25°No additional condition stated in the selected source.M · Manufacturer claimedROBOTIS XM540-W270-T/R e-Manual ↗Specifications and stall-torque warning
Checked 2026-08-10
Independent deployed experimentindependent_deployed_experimentUsed as the rotation motor in a weaving-gripper study with five repeated trialsThe XM540-W270-R drove a PET-strip gripper from an initial −70° angle to four final-angle conditions before vertical pull-to-failure testing with load-cell and torque-sensor instrumentation.This confirms exact-model use in the disclosed apparatus; it does not independently validate stall torque, backlash, continuous output or service life.V · Independently verifiedGrasping through dynamic weaving with entangled closed loops ↗Methods: Experimental method, lines identifying XM540-W270-R and the five repeated trials
Checked 2026-08-10

Known limits

What this record does not prove.

  • No continuous torque is published in the selected specification.
  • Stall torque and no-load speed are opposite endpoints and cannot be multiplied as an operating point.
  • Protocol compatibility does not establish deterministic system-level timing.