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Torobo Hand

About

About Torobo Hand

Torobo Hand is a human-sized five-finger hand with 12 actuated and four coupled joints. Backdrivable torque-controlled actuators allow each finger to conform around unfamiliar objects, while fingertip forces reach approximately ten newtons.

The hand contains 197 pressure-sensing points across the fingers, thumb and palm and records joint position, torque and tactile information. ROS software provides visualisation, trajectory control and logging, with MuJoCo and Isaac Sim models available for learning workflows. Tokyo Robotics supports integration with Torobo and third-party arms.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: Tactile Dexterity, Tactile sensing, Robotic grasping, Tactile feedback
  • Workflows: End-effector manipulation, Dexterous grasping
  • Operating environments: Research lab
  • Target markets: Robotics researchers studying dexterous manipulation and force-aware grasping.
  • Deployment model: Commercial research-grade dexterous hand for lab use.
  • Tactile interaction sensing

    Research demonstration - Tokyo Robotics documents stable grasping, distributed tactile feedback and reinforcement-learned in-hand object rotation on Torobo Hand.

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  • Robotic grasping

    Research demonstration - Tokyo Robotics documents stable grasping, distributed tactile feedback and reinforcement-learned in-hand object rotation on Torobo Hand.

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  • Dexterous manipulation

    Research demonstration - Tokyo Robotics documents stable grasping, distributed tactile feedback and reinforcement-learned in-hand object rotation on Torobo Hand.

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  • Force-controlled manipulation

    Research demonstration - Tokyo Robotics documents stable grasping, distributed tactile feedback and reinforcement-learned in-hand object rotation on Torobo Hand.

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  • Force-controlled manipulation

    Claimed - 2024-06-10 - Tokyo Robotics announced new versions of its force-controllable full-body humanoid robot Torobo and its multi-finger Torobo Hand.

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Research

  • Torobo Hand tactile in-hand rotation and reinforcement-learning demonstration

    2025-06-09 - Research Publication - Tokyo Robotics documents reinforcement-learned in-hand object rotation on the physical Torobo Hand after training a simulated policy in a few hours. The page also documents nearly 200 tactile sensing points and official MuJoCo and Isaac Sim model releases.

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Timeline

  • Tokyo Robotics launches new models of Torobo and Torobo Hand

    2024-06-10 - Product Launch - Tokyo Robotics announced new versions of its force-controllable full-body humanoid robot Torobo and its multi-finger Torobo Hand. The company said the new models were aimed at research on robot motion generation linked with AI and at industrial work requiring human-like upper-body manipulation. The launch expanded the company's core humanoid and hand platforms rather than introducing a one-off demo unit.

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Context

Market context

Torobo Hand is Tokyo Robotics multi-fingered robotic hand for dexterous object-manipulation research and force-aware grasping.

  • Target environment: Research labs and academic robotics facilities.
  • Workflow context: Dexterous manipulation research, force-aware grasping and tactile object handling for robotic arm and humanoid integration.
  • Customer context: Robotics researchers studying dexterous manipulation and force-aware grasping.
  • Deployment model: Commercial research-grade dexterous hand for lab use.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercially available research hand for manipulation development.
  • Adoption constraints: Designed for research rather than production deployment.
  • Market position: A research-grade dexterous hand for force-aware grasping and humanoid or arm integration.
  • Adjacent products: ROH-AP002, OrcaHand, dexterous robotic hands

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