Allegro Hand V5 Plus

Allegro Hand V5 Plus is Wonik Robotics four-finger dexterous robotic hand for manipulation research. It provides compact actuation, joint sensing and programmable grasp control for humanoids, robot arms and AI labs studying human-like hand movement.

Facts

  • Company: Wonik Robotics
  • Product type: Hand
  • Status: Commercial
  • Capability focus: Dexterous Manipulation
  • Website: https://www.allegrohand.com/sub/product/p.php?idx=4

Allegro Hand V5 Plus canonical Korthos profile

Market context

Four-finger 16-DOF robotic hand with pressure-sensitive tactile fingertips.

  • Target environment: University labs, corporate research labs, robot-learning teams and industrial manipulation research.
  • Workflow context: Dexterous grasping, tactile sensing, current-controlled manipulation and simulation-backed experiments.
  • Customer context: Researchers and developers using Allegro as a practical hand platform for manipulation work.
  • Deployment model: Commercial robotic hand platform integrated into arms and lab setups.
  • Commercial maturity: Current Allegro product line with official V5 Plus product page and 2026 exhibition coverage.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on integration effort, tactile sensor use, controller support and research fit.
  • Market position: Established robotic-hand research platform updated with tactile fingertips.
  • Adjacent products: Allegro Hand V5, Allegro Hand V4, Shadow Hand, RH8D

Audience

Researchers

Workflow

Dexterous grasping, tactile sensing, current-controlled manipulation and simulation-backed experiments.

Deployment environment

University labs, corporate research labs, robot-learning teams and industrial manipulation research.

Specifications

  • Total Dof: 16 DOF DOF
  • Finger Count: 4 fingers
  • Joints: 16 independent current-controlled joints
  • Tactile Sensors: 360-degree omnidirectional pressure-sensitive tactile sensors on each fingertip
  • Control: Real-time control and online simulation support
  • Software: Allegro Hand UXD control application

Tags

  • Peer Group: Robot hands, Robot hand components
  • Workflow: End-effector manipulation
  • Capability: Tactile Dexterity, Robotic grasping
  • Stack Layer: Manipulation stack

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Capability

dexterous manipulation

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: Tactile Dexterity, Robotic grasping
  • Workflows: End-effector manipulation
  • Operating environments: University labs, corporate research labs, robot-learning teams and industrial manipulation research.
  • Target markets: Researchers and developers using Allegro as a practical hand platform for manipulation work.
  • Deployment model: Commercial robotic hand platform integrated into arms and lab setups.
  • Object manipulation - Claimed - 2026-03-18 - The product coverage described Allegro Hand as a robotic-hand platform for robot manipulation and research. - source: korean-electronics.com
  • Robotic grasping - Claimed - Wonik Robotics presents the 16-DoF Allegro Hand V5 Plus for stable grasping, pick-and-place and manipulation of rigid and deformable objects using omnidirectional tactile fingertips. - source: allegrohand.com
  • Dexterous manipulation - Claimed - Wonik Robotics presents the 16-DoF Allegro Hand V5 Plus for stable grasping, pick-and-place and manipulation of rigid and deformable objects using omnidirectional tactile fingertips. - source: allegrohand.com
  • Tactile interaction sensing - Claimed - Wonik Robotics presents the 16-DoF Allegro Hand V5 Plus for stable grasping, pick-and-place and manipulation of rigid and deformable objects using omnidirectional tactile fingertips. - source: allegrohand.com
  • Pick and place - Claimed - Wonik Robotics presents the 16-DoF Allegro Hand V5 Plus for stable grasping, pick-and-place and manipulation of rigid and deformable objects using omnidirectional tactile fingertips. - source: allegrohand.com

Timeline / Research

  • 2026-06-03 - Research Publication - MoDex evaluates sequential multi-object dexterous grasping on Allegro Hand hardware - MoDex introduces a diffusion-policy approach for sequentially grasping multiple objects with a si…
  • 2026-05-27 - Research Publication - Video-model policy paper includes Allegro Hand dexterous cube reorientation benchmarks - The paper studies turning video generative models into generalist robot policies across simula…
  • 2026-05-20 - Research Publication - SafePBDS demonstrates safe geometric motion policies on a Franka Panda–Allegro platform - SafePBDS proposes steerable geometric motion policies for dexterous manipulation with safety…
  • 2026-05-13 - Research Publication - SECOND-Grasp reports transfer results for Allegro Hand dexterous grasping - SECOND-Grasp introduces semantic contact-guided dexterous grasping for physically stable and task-aware gra…
  • 2026-03-18 - Product Launch - Wonik Robotics brings Allegro Hand platform to SEMICON Korea 2026 - Wonik Robotics presented the Allegro Hand platform at SEMICON Korea 2026. The product coverage described Allegro Hand as…
  • 2026-02-09 - Research Publication - DexFormer studies cross-embodied dexterous manipulation transfer to Allegro Hand - DexFormer introduces a history-conditioned transformer for cross-embodied dexterous manipulation. Th…
  • 2025-09-30 - Research Publication - ISyHand: A Dexterous Multi-finger Robot Hand with an Articulated Palm - The rapid increase in the development of humanoid robots and customized manufacturing solutions has brought dex…
  • 2025-09-22 - Research Publication - GD2P paper reports nonprehensile pushing and pulling experiments with Allegro Hand - The GD2P paper studies geometry-aware nonprehensile pushing and pulling with high-DOF dexterous ha…
  • 2023-09-12 - Research Publication - LEAP Hand: Low-Cost, Efficient, and Anthropomorphic Hand for Robot Learning - Dexterous manipulation has been a long-standing challenge in robotics. While machine learning techniques…

Resources

Official V5 Plus product, manual, interface and developer references with exact tactile-hand imagery and verified demonstrations.

  • Allegro Hand V5 Plus product reference - WEB · Allegro Hand V5 Plus · Wonik Robotics
  • Allegro Hand V5 Plus technical information - WEB · Allegro Hand V5 Plus · Wonik Robotics
  • Allegro Hand V5 / V5 Plus manual - PDF · Allegro Hand V5 / V5 Plus, revision 3 · Wonik Robotics
  • Allegro Hand V5 ROS 1 repository - WEB · Allegro Hand V5 / V5 Plus ROS 1 · Wonik Robotics
  • Allegro Hand V5 ROS 2 repository - WEB · Allegro Hand V5 / V5 Plus ROS 2 · Wonik Robotics

Media library

  • Allegro Hand V5 Plus tactile-field view - image · Wonik Robotics
  • Allegro Hand V5 Plus rear view - image · Wonik Robotics
  • Allegro Hand V5 Plus tactile contact - image · Wonik Robotics
  • Allegro Hand V5 Plus apple pick-and-place - video · Wonik Robotics
  • Allegro Hand V5 Plus dumbbell demonstration - video · Wonik Robotics
KORTHOS / ECOSYSTEM / PRODUCT

Allegro Hand V5 Plus