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Realhand L6

About

About Realhand L6

Realhand L6 is an anthropomorphic robot hand for research and integrated manipulation systems. It provides 11 degrees of freedom through six active joints and five mechanically coupled passive joints.

The 618.5 g hand uses 24 V DC power and CAN 2.0 communication, with ±0.2 mm repeat positioning accuracy and a 0.35-second opening or closing response time. Its wrist flange follows the ISO 9409-1-50-4-M6 interface; the manufacturer does not specify a maximum grip force for the L6.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: Robotic grasping, Dexterous manipulation
  • Workflows: End-effector manipulation
  • Operating environments: Robot-arm end-effectors, mobile manipulation platforms, labs and compact automation deployments.
  • Target markets: Mobile-manipulator developers, humanoid builders, research teams and integrators that need a lighter hand package.
  • Deployment model: Component sale with mechanical and software integration around arm compatibility and control interfaces.
  • Tactile interaction sensing

    Research demonstration - 2026-04-28 - Researchers tested an 11-DoF tactile RealHand L6 on a physical FR3 arm. The risk-sensitive controller completed perturbed grasp-and-lift trials faster than the Gaussian baseline.

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  • Robotic grasping

    Research demonstration - 2026-04-28 - Researchers tested an 11-DoF tactile RealHand L6 on a physical FR3 arm. The risk-sensitive controller completed perturbed grasp-and-lift trials faster than the Gaussian baseline.

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  • Object manipulation

    Research demonstration - 2026-04-28 - Researchers tested an 11-DoF tactile RealHand L6 on a physical FR3 arm. The risk-sensitive controller completed perturbed grasp-and-lift trials faster than the Gaussian baseline.

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  • Dexterous manipulation

    Claimed - 2026-04-28 - Control articulated fingers for precise grasps.

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Context

Market context

L6 is RealHand's smaller dexterous hand option for embedded manipulation systems and higher-volume robot deployments.

  • Target environment: Robot-arm end-effectors, mobile manipulation platforms, labs and compact automation deployments.
  • Workflow context: Compact dexterous gripping, embedded hand integration, teleoperation and repeated manipulation trials.
  • Customer context: Mobile-manipulator developers, humanoid builders, research teams and integrators that need a lighter hand package.
  • Deployment model: Component sale with mechanical and software integration around arm compatibility and control interfaces.
  • Commercial maturity: public product page is public; the profile is earlier than O6 because public specs are less detailed.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on payload, grip range, control documentation, endurance and whether the smaller form factor preserves enough manipulation capability.
  • Market position: L6 complements O6 inside RealHand's line by giving teams a smaller hand for scale and integration-constrained deployments.
  • Adjacent products: Adjacent to compact humanoid hands, robotic grippers and low-mass end effectors for mobile robots.

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