Powered by Quasi-Direct Drive (QDD)

The PULSAR Furuta Pendulum is driven by a high-torque PULSE98 QDD actuator. This introduces real-world physical dynamics, such as gear transmission, inertia, encoder noise, and complex low-level torque control, teaching students how to control actual robotic actuators rather than sanitized models.

Open Digital Twin & Software Flexibility

Equipped with a full Digital Twin, the Furuta Pendulum provides a modern, robotics-oriented simulation model that integrates into state-of-the-art simulation environments. This enables control development, reinforcement learning, and sim-to-real workflows.

The Furuta Pendulum’s Digital Twin is currently under development and will be available soon.

Simple Setup Process

The PULSAR ecosystem is designed to simplify the set-up process, so researchers and students can start developing advanced control methods quickly.

What is included?

The Furuta Pendulum Kit is delivered as a complete assembled system, comprised of:

• Mechanical structure (plastic base)
• Status RGB-LED ring
• PULSE98 actuator
• External Control PCB
• Rod encoder
• Slip ring
• Plastic lid
• Mounting plate
• Mounting screws

Highly-Dynamic and Transparent Arm with Impedance Control

Our QDD-based PULSAR Robotic Arm gives students and researchers hands-on access to a highly dynamic, transparent platform with per-joint impedance control running at up to 20 kHz. This makes it ideal for exploring advanced topics such as sim-to-real development, virtual control design, impedance control, and reinforcement learning.

Full Digital Twin & Simulation-Based Development

The kit includes a full Digital Twin for every joint and simulation assets for the complete robotic arm, allowing to simulate the whole robot on a virtual environment. Students can develop, test and tune actuators in the virtual environment before deploying them on the real system.

Built for Advanced Robotics Learning

The Robotic Arm Kit combines real dynamic behavior with simulation-based development, helping students explore advanced techniques such as dynamic programming, high-frequency impedance control, full robotic arm simulation, sim-to-real deployment and reinforcement learning, all within a leading simulation ecosystem where mistakes can be tested virtually before they become expensive on real hardware.

What is included?

The Robotic Arm Base Kit includes:

• 2 x PULSE115 + 2 x PULSE98 actuators
• 3D-printed aluminum links
• Carbon-fiber tube
• Fasteners
• Actuator Firmware
• Free and open access to the PULSAR ecosystem
• Access to download simulation models and the Digital Twin

Optional (at extra cost, to be assembled by the user):

• Power wiring
• CAN-FD wiring
• Interactive, programable End Effector
• Support base and aluminum column for installation
• Screen and other peripherals

Additional equipment required (not provided by PULSAR):

• Power Supply (48V, >10A)
• Compute Unit (Laptop / Workstation / Edge)