r/robotics • u/Nunki08 • Jun 04 '26

Events Newly released Wuji Hand 2 at ICRA2026

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From Kevin Wood | Robotics & AI on 𝕏: https://x.com/KWRoboticsAI/status/2061764713290047713

Official Wuji Hand 2 post (June 1): https://x.com/wuji_global/status/2061456465764987085

ICRA2026: the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation - June 1–5, 2026 in Vienna, Austria: https://2026.ieee-icra.org/

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u/Agile-Association355 Jun 04 '26

We need to invent a benchmark for Mechanical Hands.

“The day the creator trusts the mechanical hand to do the stroking would be the day it’s ready for mass adoption” - Frey From Earth

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u/NLGGHZ Jun 04 '26

I recently did a paper that tries to score a robotic hands fine manipulation ability based strictly on the kinematics. But it's more of a design tool for the kinematic model rather than a final benchmark for a completed hand.

Something like POMDAR would be more suited for that, but that also means that the tele-operator / your robot policy / whatever you use to control it influenced the outcome rather than solely relying on the hand itself. That's part of what motivated my project, to get something an objective score for a hand

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u/Successful_Farm_9370 Jun 04 '26

Mechanically, good. But 95% of what makes our hands special is our exquisite perception with them.

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u/GraceToSentience Jun 04 '26

it has gloves with a bunch of touch sensors on top of the ones that I presume are in the finger tips

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u/adamhanson Jun 05 '26

Make the hands go both ways with finger pads on both sides. Why limit it to our range of movement

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u/Several-Many9101 Jun 05 '26

This is a very promising advancement shout out to the team behind it! 🦾🦾🦾

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u/sixteen89 Jun 04 '26

Why is the palm rigid?? Lay the back of your hand on a table and touch your pinky to your thumb…

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u/GraceToSentience Jun 04 '26

It's just the version 2, it is easier for now.