DLR and SCHUNK expand humanoid-hand technology-transfer partnership
DLR and SCHUNK agreed to expand their collaboration on modular humanoid robot hands and industrial technology transfer.
Evidence notes
- 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.
Company context
The DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics is a German robotics research center within the German Aerospace Center. It develops advanced mechatronics, torque-controlled humanoids, mobile manipulation systems and robots for dangerous or inaccessible environments.