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by michaelt 330 days ago
The UR10 uses 100:1 strain wave gearing in the base and shoulder joints.

You’re right that it has a freedrive mode, and force control modes. But it’s a rigid, low-backlash robot with the compliance achieved in software afterwards.

Expensive, naturally, but none of the problems that come with things like series elastic actuators.