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OpenDroids DH116

About

About OpenDroids DH116

DH116 is a five-finger hand with 11 total degrees of freedom, including six active and five coupled passive joints. The approximately 490-gram unit supports hook loads up to 30 kilograms and provides hybrid field-oriented, position and tactile-force control for grasping objects with varied geometry.

Optional tactile arrays provide more than 500 sensing points, while EtherCAT, CAN FD and RS-485 variants connect the hand to humanoid and research controllers. The mechanism is rated for hundreds of thousands of operating cycles and includes predefined gestures alongside low-level command access. OpenDroids positions DH116 as a lower-cost development hand for humanoids, prosthetics and teleoperation systems.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: Robotic grasping, Dexterous manipulation
  • Workflows: End-effector manipulation
  • Operating environments: Humanoids, prosthetics, robot learning and industrial manipulation experiments
  • Target markets: Builders comparing accessible commercial hands with EtherCAT/CAN-FD/RS485 integration choices.
  • Deployment model: Integrated as a dexterous hand module for humanoid, prosthetic or robot-arm manipulation systems, with force-position control and optional tactile sensing.
  • Tactile interaction sensing

    Claimed - OpenDroids documents DH116 for force-position-controlled gripping with tactile feedback and predefined industrial gestures.

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  • Robotic grasping

    Claimed - OpenDroids documents DH116 for force-position-controlled gripping with tactile feedback and predefined industrial gestures.

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  • Force-controlled manipulation

    Claimed - OpenDroids documents DH116 for force-position-controlled gripping with tactile feedback and predefined industrial gestures.

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Context

Market context

11-DoF hand with force-position control, optional tactile sensing and industrial communication options.

  • Target environment: Humanoids, prosthetics, robot learning and industrial manipulation experiments
  • Workflow context: Multi-finger dexterous grasping with load capacity and tactile feedback path
  • Customer context: Builders comparing accessible commercial hands with EtherCAT/CAN-FD/RS485 integration choices.
  • Deployment model: Integrated as a dexterous hand module for humanoid, prosthetic or robot-arm manipulation systems, with force-position control and optional tactile sensing.
  • Commercial maturity: Preorder product with detailed public specifications.
  • Adoption constraints: Specifications may update before final production; real-world performance should be qualified directly.
  • Adjacent products: ROBOTIS HX5-D20, PL-WitHand, Botyard DexMano D22-PRO, LEAP Hand

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