Actuators

We have developed Python and Rust packages to make it easy to control our robot's actuators.

Installation

The package can easily be installed from PyPI using the command:

sudo apt install pkg-config libudev-dev  # If not installed
pip install actuator

Alternatively, to install the bleeding edge version from Github, use the command:

pip install 'actuator @ git+https://github.com/kscalelabs/actuator.git@master'

Actuators are the most important component of a robot. In this guide, we will walk you through the actuators that we use in our robot and conventions we use to connect to them.

Specs

Our general-purpose robot uses the Robstride series of actuators.