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Apex Hand

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About Apex Hand

Apex Hand is Dexcel Robotics' five-finger dexterous end effector for embodied-AI research, manipulation and physical-interaction data collection. Its human-like mechanism provides 21 joints and 16 active degrees of freedom, with backdrivable tendon-linkage transmission and absolute encoders across the joints.

The 1.2-kilogram hand supports a 30-kilogram maximum load, grasp cycles up to three hertz and fingertip repeatability below 0.5 millimetres. Optional electronic skin covers the fingertips, inner finger segments and palm to measure pressure distribution and tangential force. Ethernet and RS-485 interfaces, a 1,000-hertz control loop, ROS 2 examples and C++ and Python tooling support integration with robot arms and learning systems.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: Robotic grasping, Dexterous manipulation
  • Workflows: End-effector manipulation
  • Dexterous manipulation

    Demonstrated - 2025-09-02 - Launch demonstrations showed Apex Hand operating a smartphone and mouse and manipulating objects with one hand.

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  • Object manipulation

    Demonstrated - 2025-09-02 - Launch demonstrations showed Apex Hand operating a smartphone and mouse and manipulating objects with one hand.

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Timeline

  • Dexcel Robotics raises over RMB100M in Pre-A financing

    2026-04-15 - Funding - Fortune Capital and returning investor Primavera Venture Partners co-led the Pre-A round above RMB100 million. INCE Capital and Nanshan Zhanxintou participated, while existing investor HighLight Capital made an oversubscribed follow-on investment. Proceeds support Apex Hand capacity expansion and mass delivery, the dexterous-manipulation platform ecosystem and global market expansion.

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  • Dexcel Robotics launches the Apex Hand

    2025-09-02 - Product Launch - Apex Hand combines 21 degrees of freedom, including 16 actuated joints, with backdrivable joints and sub-millimetre fingertip repeatability. Launch demonstrations included one-handed smartphone operation, pulse sensing and mouse control alongside precise object manipulation. The hand integrates optional soft electronic-skin sensing across the fingertips, inner joints and palm with a 1,000 Hz sampling rate.

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