Market context

Ability Hand is PSYONIC's multi-articulating robotic hand product used in both prosthetics and robotics workflows.

Target environment: Research labs, prosthetics clinics and robotics development environments.
Workflow context: Dexterous grasping, tactile sensing, manipulation research and prosthetic use in clinical and robotics settings.
Customer context: Robotics researchers, prosthetics practitioners and manipulation R&D teams.
Deployment model: Commercial product sold as a robotic end-effector and prosthetic device.
Commercial maturity: Commercially available product with adoption across both robotics and prosthetics domains.
Adoption constraints: End-effector level product — requires integration into a complete robotic system for task-level use.
Market position: A reference tactile dexterous hand bridging prosthetics and robot manipulation. Sits alongside Shadow Robot's DEX-EE in the dexterous manipulation research space.
Adjacent products: DEX-EE Hand, Shadow Hand, tactile robotic hands

Audience

Healthcare providers

Dexterous grasping, tactile sensing, manipulation research and prosthetic use in clinical and robotics settings.

Research labs, prosthetics clinics and robotics development environments.

Hand Dof: 6 powered DoF
actuation and motion control: Powered finger flexion/extension with electric and manual thumb rotation
Manipulation: All five fingers flex and extend, and the thumb rotates electrically and manually
Tactile Sensing: Multi-touch sensing for robotics research use
Charging: USB-C charging in about one hour
Closing Speed: Closes in 0.2 seconds
Durability: Water resistant; each finger can handle blunt force impact without breaking
Weight: 490 g
Runtime: Estimated 6 to 8 hour charge life