Facts

• Company: Changing Tek
• Product type: Gripper
• Status: commercial
• Website: https://www.changingtek.com

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Tags
• Comparable Systems
• Sources

Summary

PM Parallel Gripper Series is Changing Tek electric parallel gripper line for industrial automation. It is designed for precise two-finger gripping, repeatable positioning and part handling in assembly, inspection and machine-tending applications.

Overview

PM Parallel Gripper Series is Changing Tek electric parallel gripper line for industrial automation. It is designed for precise two-finger gripping, repeatable positioning and part handling in assembly, inspection and machine-tending applications.

Market context

The PM Parallel Gripper Series is a family of electric parallel grippers for robot manipulation and industrial handling tasks.

• Target environment: Humanoid builders, robot arms, mobile manipulators and automation cells that need dedicated manipulation or motion hardware.
• Workflow context: Grasping, actuation, end-effector integration, force control, robot-arm tooling and humanoid manipulation.
• Customer context: Robot OEMs, integrators, labs and automation teams selecting motion or manipulation components.
• Deployment model: Commercial or available product positioned for customer use, integration or developer adoption.
• Commercial maturity: Publicly presented as commercial or available, with maturity depending on deployment scale and support coverage.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on mechanical fit, control interface, force or torque needs, reliability, cost and supply availability.
• Market position: PM Parallel Gripper Series sits in the robot-component layer, supporting manipulation, actuation or end-effector integration.
• Adjacent products: AGILINK OmniHand, Linker Hand L20, Shadow Dexterous Hand, RobStride actuator modules

Audience

Factories

Workflow

Grasping, actuation, end-effector integration, force control, robot-arm tooling and humanoid manipulation.

Capability

Robotic Grasping

Deployment environment

Humanoid builders, robot arms, mobile manipulators and automation cells that need dedicated manipulation or motion hardware.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Factories
• Workflow: Grasping, actuation, end-effector integration, force control, robot-arm tooling and humanoid manipulation.
• Capability: Robotic Grasping
• Deployment environment: Humanoid builders, robot arms, mobile manipulators and automation cells that need dedicated manipulation or motion hardware.

Specifications

• Variant Summary: CTPM2F and CTPM3F family variants
• Gripping Force: 3-700 N maximum gripping force across variants
• Communication: Modbus RTU/IO and Modbus RTU+IO across listed variants
• Weight Range: 0.3-2.8 kg across variants kg
• Repeatability: +/-0.02 mm repeat positioning accuracy across variants

Tags

• Peer Group: Parallel Grippers, Robot gripper component
• Workflow: End Effector Manipulation
• Capability: Robotic Grasping
• Stack Layer: Manipulation stack layer

Comparable Systems

• 3-Finger Adaptive Gripper - Robotiq - Gripper
• AG Collaborative Gripper Series - Changing Tek - Gripper
• MSC Electric Vacuum Actuator Series - Changing Tek - Component Family
• MG Humanoid Gripper Series - Changing Tek - Gripper
• GCKW 3-Finger Gripper - CKD Corporation - Component Family
• Unitree Dex1-1 - Unitree - Gripper
• HM Heavy-Duty Gripper Series - Changing Tek - Gripper