SCHUNK Timeline

Events

• 2026-03-23 - Partnership - DLR and SCHUNK expand humanoid-hand technology-transfer partnership - The partners signed a declaration of intent at the 2026 German Robotics Conference. DLR technology is intended to feed into SCHUNK's modular anthropomorphic five-finger hand programme. The collaboration builds on roughly 20 years of joint work. - source: dlr.de
• 2026-03-11 - Partnership - SCHUNK and DLR expand cooperation for humanoid robot hand technology transfer - SCHUNK and the German Aerospace Center agreed at the German Robotics Conference 2026 to further expand cooperation in humanoid robot hands. The collaboration aims to transfer research results into robust, industry-ready solutions more quickly. The work… - source: schunk.com
• 2026-03-01 - Award - SCHUNK 6-axis force/torque sensor FTS wins Product of the Year 2026 category - SCHUNK's 6-axis force/torque sensor FTS won first place in the Robotics, Handling and Assembly Technology category of the INDUSTRIAL Production Products of the Year 2026 competition. The recognition highlights FTS as a robotics-relevant sensing product for… - source: schunk.com
• 2026-01-01 - Company Formation - SCHUNK establishes technology spin-off for humanoid robot hands - SCHUNK established a new technology spin-off at the beginning of January 2026 to consolidate its humanoid robotics activities. The new company is focused on modular humanoid robot hands for industrial applications. SCHUNK positioned the spin-off around… - source: schunk.com
• 2025-11-18 - Demonstration - TE Connectivity and Cellios demonstrate automated wire-harness cell - The integrated cell converts individual components into a tested cable assembly without manual assembly. Robot-guided processes provide digital data capture, traceability and flexibility across cable-set variants. TE supplied terminals, connectors… - source: te.com
• 2025-05-06 - Market Signal - SCHUNK previews intelligent automation portfolio for automatica 2025 - SCHUNK said it would present its intelligent automation portfolio at automatica 2025 in Munich. The portfolio covered standardized components, turnkey solutions, customized engineering and automation for industrial production. The event gave SCHUNK a… - source: schunk.com
• 2024-11-29 - Research Publication - Dexterous handover paper implements reactive human-to-robot handovers on SCHUNK SVH - The paper presents reactive human-to-robot dexterous handovers for anthropomorphic hands. The abstract states the system uses a UR5 robot arm and a SCHUNK SVH Hand and evaluates handover of 30 novel objects. - source: doi.org
• 2024-08-08 - Research Publication - DiPGrasp paper evaluates differentiable grasp planning on SCHUNK SVH hand - DiPGrasp combines parallel local searching with differentiable grasp planning for dexterous robotic hands. The paper reports real-world experiments with the Barrett hand and the SCHUNK SVH 5-finger hand. - source: arxiv.org
• 2023-04-26 - Research Publication - SVH Hand use-case paper builds a realistic simulation model for dexterous manipulation - The researchers modelled a Schunk Five Finger Hand coupled to a UR5 collaborative manipulator. They implemented the use case in both Gazebo and MuJoCo to compare the relative suitability of the simulation platforms. The peer-reviewed paper appeared at IEEE… - source: doi.org
• 2021-10-18 - Demonstration - Sysaxes opens its premises for three-day cobotics showcase - An inauguration evening on October 18 preceded three open-house days from October 19 to 21, 2021. More than 100 visitors saw roughly ten applications featuring cobots, mobile robots, feeders and end-of-arm tools. Named participating partners included… - source: legacy.sysaxes.com
• 2021-01-12 - Demonstration - Moley showcases on-sale robotic kitchen at CES 2021 - Moley showcased the on-sale consumer robotic kitchen during the all-digital CES 2021. The CES demonstration presented a dexterous robot integrated into a configurable luxury kitchen. Moley described SCHUNK as its exclusive hand partner after eleven… - source: ces.vporoom.com
• 2020-12-06 - Product Launch - Moley launches consumer robotic kitchen at GITEX - Moley unveiled its first consumer robotic kitchen at Dubai's GITEX exhibition. The market-ready system launched with thirty chef-developed dishes and planned monthly recipe additions. SCHUNK collaborated on two articulated hands that manipulated ingredients… - source: theguardian.com
• 2020-10-26 - Research Publication - Spiking-neuron soft-grasping paper evaluates object grasping with SCHUNK SVH hand - The paper uses a spiking neural network to trigger reflexive grasping behavior on an anthropomorphic robotic hand. The abstract reports experiments with a SCHUNK SVH 5-finger hand grasping objects with different shapes, stiffness, and sizes. - source: doi.org
• 2020-05-21 - Research Publication - sEMG spiking-network paper controls SCHUNK SVH finger reflexes online - The paper classifies human sEMG signals and uses the output to trigger robotic finger reflexes. The abstract states the network controlled a real SCHUNK SVH 5-finger robotic hand online. - source: doi.org
• 2019-11-01 - Research Publication - Vision-based assistive-manipulator paper tests object-control strategy with SCHUNK SVH - The paper proposes vision-based control for a five-fingered manipulator in activities-of-daily-living tasks. The abstract identifies the tested five-fingered manipulator as SCHUNK SVH and compares it with a Barrett Hand baseline in simulation. - source: doi.org