Allegro Hand V5 Plus Context

Market context

Four-finger 16-DOF robotic hand with pressure-sensitive tactile fingertips.

  • Target environment: University labs, corporate research labs, robot-learning teams and industrial manipulation research.
  • Workflow context: Dexterous grasping, tactile sensing, current-controlled manipulation and simulation-backed experiments.
  • Customer context: Researchers and developers using Allegro as a practical hand platform for manipulation work.
  • Deployment model: Commercial robotic hand platform integrated into arms and lab setups.
  • Commercial maturity: Current Allegro product line with official V5 Plus product page and 2026 exhibition coverage.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on integration effort, tactile sensor use, controller support and research fit.
  • Market position: Established robotic-hand research platform updated with tactile fingertips.
  • Adjacent products: Allegro Hand V5, Allegro Hand V4, Shadow Hand, RH8D

Audience

Researchers

Workflow

Dexterous grasping, tactile sensing, current-controlled manipulation and simulation-backed experiments.

Deployment environment

University labs, corporate research labs, robot-learning teams and industrial manipulation research.

Specifications

  • Total degrees of freedom: 16 DOF
  • Finger Count: 4 fingers
  • Joints: 16 independent current-controlled joints
  • Tactile Sensors: 360-degree omnidirectional pressure-sensitive tactile sensors on each fingertip
  • Control: Real-time control and online simulation support
  • Software: Allegro Hand UXD control application

Tags

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

Comparable Systems

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