Yuanshi Intelligence's Apex Hand dexterous hand demos at IROS 2026
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Yuanshi Intelligence showed its 21-degree-of-freedom Apex Hand at IROS 2026, where it held over 10 kg of water bottles for eight hours and survived high-impact tasks such as driving nails, according to Leiphone.
Founder Yang Sicheng says dexterous hands must balance reliability, dexterity, load capacity, dynamic response, tactile sensing and precision rather than maximize one metric.
The company also launched its Yuanchuang program, which lends free Apex Hand prototypes to universities and research teams, as part of its approach to productization. The report does not give details on program eligibility, prototype quantities or commercial pricing.
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AIYuanshi Intelligence founder Yang Sicheng says dexterous hands must balance reliability, dexterity, load capacity, dynamic response, tactile sensing and precision rather than maximize one metric. At IROS 2026, the company's 21-degree-of-freedom Apex Hand held over 10 kg of water bottles for eight hours and survived high-impact tasks like driving nails. Yuanshi also launched its Yuanchuang program, lending free Apex Hand prototypes to universities and research teams.
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