Product profile
ZWHAND B21
ZWHAND B21 is a 21-DoF anthropomorphic dexterous hand developed by Zhaowei for humanoid robots, industrial assembly and manipulation systems. It weighs 700...
Facts
- Company
- Zhaowei Machinery
- Product type
- dexterous_hand
- Status
- launched
- Primary capability
- manipulation
- Website
- https://www.worldrobotconference.com/expo/product/718.html
About ZWHAND B21
B21 uses human-hand proportions and an independently articulated five-finger structure for pinching, enveloping grasps and object rotation. Tactile sensing across the hand provides force-feedback input, while multiple communications interfaces support system integration and secondary development.
The hand weighs 700 g and is rated for 15 N fingertip force, 5 kg of grip force and up to one million operating cycles. ZWHAND supplies it as an end effector for humanoid platforms, industrial assembly, intelligent interaction and rehabilitation or prosthetic systems.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Dexterous hand
Core: 21-DoF hand
Function: Manipulate objects
Audience: Robot OEMs
Specifications
- communication_interfaces
- Multiple communication interfaces
- degrees_of_freedom
- 21 degrees of freedom DoF
- fingertip_force_n
- 15 N fingertip output force N
- grip_force_kg
- 5 kg grip force kg
- rated_cycle_life
- 1,000,000 cycles cycles
- tactile_sensing
- Integrated full-area tactile sensing with force feedback
- weight_g
- 700 g g
Operations
- Environment
- humanoid_platforms, industrial_assembly, rehabilitation_prosthetics
- Primary user
- robot_oems, system_integrators, robotics_researchers
- Role
- dexterous_manipulation, robotic_grasping, end_effector
- Interaction model
- integrated_component, software_controlled
- Mobility class
- fixed_end_effector
- Product detail
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Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Zhaowei launches ZWHAND B21 dexterous hand at WRC — 2026-08-20
- Zhaowei demonstrates Dexterous Hand at CES 2025 — 2025-01-20
- Zhaowei announces CES 2025 debut for dexterous hand — 2024-12-30