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qb SoftHand2 Research

About

About qb SoftHand2 Research

qb SoftHand2 Research has 19 compliant, self-restoring finger joints controlled through two motors and two movement synergies. The second synergy lets the hand change contact posture and manipulate an object within the grasp without requiring the robot arm to rotate the complete wrist.

The hand performs power grasps, precision pinches, pointing and localised force application, with a nominal two-kilogram payload in pinch configuration. Tendon-driven compliance allows the fingers to adapt to object geometry and recover from dislocation. Researchers access the hand through USB, RS-485 and ROS interfaces for manipulation, human interaction and control studies.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: Underactuated grasping, Compliant grasping, Robotic grasping
  • Workflows: End-effector manipulation, Material handling
  • Operating environments: Research robotics, collaborative robots and safe-contact manipulation
  • Target markets: Labs and integrators that prefer compliant grasping over a rigid finger architecture.
  • Deployment model: Commercial product page with research positioning.
  • Robotic grasping

    Research demonstration - 2026-04-22 - The work models soft-hand kinematics and contact-aware behavior for robotic grasping simulation workflows.

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  • Robotic grasping

    Claimed - qbrobotics presents qb SoftHand2 Research with two synergies for precise pinch grasps, in-hand manipulation and localized contact-force interaction.

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  • Dexterous manipulation

    Claimed - qbrobotics presents qb SoftHand2 Research with two synergies for precise pinch grasps, in-hand manipulation and localized contact-force interaction.

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  • Force-controlled manipulation

    Claimed - qbrobotics presents qb SoftHand2 Research with two synergies for precise pinch grasps, in-hand manipulation and localized contact-force interaction.

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Context

Market context

Compliant research hand with two synergies and two motors for adaptive grasping and in-hand manipulation.

  • Target environment: Research robotics, collaborative robots and safe-contact manipulation
  • Workflow context: Adaptive grasping, in-hand manipulation, pick-and-place research and soft end-effector integration
  • Customer context: Labs and integrators that prefer compliant grasping over a rigid finger architecture.
  • Deployment model: Commercial product page with research positioning.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercial/research product page; system package should be verified with qbrobotics.
  • Adoption constraints: Best fit depends on grasp requirements, payload, control needs and whether passive compliance is desirable.
  • Adjacent products: qb SoftHand Research, qb SoftHand Industry, IH2 Azzurra, SCHUNK SVH, RealHand L6

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