Aero Hand Open Context

Market context

Open-source low-cost tendon-driven hand for dexterous manipulation research.

  • Target environment: Research labs, education, low-cost manipulation platforms and prototype humanoids
  • Workflow context: Open hardware/software experimentation, teleoperation and policy learning
  • Customer context: Researchers and builders who need a reproducible hand platform without buying a closed commercial component.
  • Deployment model: Official project page, GitHub, CAD/BOM resources.
  • Commercial maturity: Open-source research project with documented build cost, CAD, code and BOM resources.
  • Adoption constraints: Build quality depends on printing, assembly, component sourcing and local actuator/control choices.
  • Adjacent products: Amazing Hand, LEAP Hand, RUKA-v2, Seed RH6D

Audience

Researchers

Workflow

Open hardware/software experimentation, teleoperation and policy learning

Deployment environment

Research labs, education, low-cost manipulation platforms and prototype humanoids

Specifications

  • Weight: 389 g
  • Active Dof: 7 active plus 9 passive
  • Dimensions: dimensions mm: 198 × 95 × 53.5 mm
  • Features: open close frequency hz: Approximately 1.2 Hz open-and-close cycle; maximum current: 8 A; build cost: Listed build/complete-kit reference: about US$314; current kit availability unverified; thumb: 3 active…
  • Power: supply voltage: 6 V DC; motors: 7 motors
  • Interface: USB 2.0 / ESP32-S3
  • Software Support: Python SDK, ROS 2 and MuJoCo
  • Variants: Left- and right-hand variants
  • Joints: 16 joints
  • actuation and motion control: Tendon-driven actuation
  • Control Mode: Position control, torque control and inline tendon-force sensing
  • Payload Capacity: fingertip force: ≈12 N per fingertip (newer detailed documentation; earlier microsite states 10 N)

Tags

  • Peer Group: Dexterous robotic hand, Robot hand components
  • Workflow: End-effector manipulation
  • Capability: Robotic grasping, Dexterous manipulation
  • Stack Layer: Manipulation stack

Comparable Systems

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