Prensilia
About
About Prensilia
Prensilia develops anthropomorphic hands around underactuated and tendon-driven mechanisms that reproduce several grasp types with fewer motors than joints. IH2 Azzurra provides an open research platform with five fingers and tactile options, while Mia is configured as a myoelectric prosthesis and can also be adapted for industrial or service manipulation.
In prosthetic use, electrodes detect residual muscle activity and map it into selected grips. Research and automation customers instead connect the hand to a robot arm, teleoperation interface or learning controller. Prensilia supplies the hand, embedded control and integration tools and also works as an automation integrator, allowing the same hand technology to move between assistive and robotic applications.
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Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Touchlab Robotics
Inbound - Sensing Perception - Touchlab delivered a custom 16-taxel sensorised thumb and supporting electronics for Prensilia Mia Hand
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Timeline
Events
- 2024-12-01 - Award - Prensilia starts TURBOM research project
The project started in December 2024 and had an 18-month duration. The project was co-financed research rather than a venture funding round. The recognition validates Prensilia starts TURBOM research project's work in commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows.
Source - 2022-01-01 - Partnership - Prensilia becomes Homberger preferred system integrator
The relationship connected Prensilia industrial automation work with the Homberger Industry 4.0 distribution role. The collaboration has run since 2022.
Source - 2009-01-01 - Company Formation - Prensilia spins out from Scuola Superiore Sant Anna
Prensilia spun out from Scuola Superiore Sant Anna with roots in the ARTS Lab robotics program. The company was founded by researchers with robotics and biomedical-device development experience. The formation anchors Prensilia robotic-hand and prosthetics work in an academic robotics lab.
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Relations
Relationships
- Touchlab Robotics
Robotic Hand Integration Partner - Tactile sensor integration into Prensilia MIA Hand thumb (Touchlab case study).
- Doosan Robotics
Cobot Platform Partner - Prensilia integrated Doosan collaborative robots in Homberger-supported automation applications.
- Homberger
System Integration Partner - Prensilia collaborated with Homberger as a preferred system integrator.
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Context tags
- Dexterous robot hand builder - Peer Group - Canonical exact-product evidence: IH2 Azzurra. Source: https://www.prensilia.com/ih2-azzurra-hand/