PSYONIC's touch-sensing Ability Hand now plugs into Universal Robots' Gen 7 cobots
PSYONIC and Universal Robots integrated the six-motor, 30-sensor Ability Hand with UR's new g-Series arms and PolyScope X, programmable from the teach pendant.
In short: A dexterous, touch-sensing hand is now an off-the-shelf option for one of the world's most widely used cobot platforms.
What's new
- PSYONIC's Ability Hand has six independently controlled motors and 30 touch sensors, with compliant fingers that adapt to different objects without tool changes.
- A new UR Integration Kit and a PolyScope X URCap let users program grips from the teach pendant. The g-Series tool flange reduces cabling.
- The hand is sold through the Universal Robots Marketplace.
Context
Universal Robots, part of Teradyne Robotics, says it has sold over 100,000 cobots. Its seventh-generation platform includes g-Series arms, the CB7 Core controller and PolyScope X software with open APIs and an SDK for AI applications.
Why it matters
Dexterous hands have mostly lived in research labs and humanoid prototypes. Putting one on a standard cobot with point-and-click setup lowers the barrier for factories and labs to try multi-finger manipulation. The same hand technology is also used in PSYONIC's prosthetics.
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