Hitbot releases eHand-6: breaks through the cost shackles of dexterous hands
Thousand-yuan precision drive technology opens the era of universal access to industrial dexterous hands
Introduction: Breaking the “last centimeter” cost dilemma of humanoid robots
When humanoid robots break through key technologies such as bipedal walking and environmental perception, the contradiction between the cost and performance of the end effector becomes more and more prominent. Foreign dexterous hands are priced at USD20000, and domestic prices range from more than USD5000 to USD50000. The high price has become the core bottleneck restricting the industrialization of industrial dexterous hands. The eHand-6 industrial dexterous hand released by Hitbot takes the lead in achieving a balance and breakthrough in cost and performance. With the full stack self-developed advantages of micro electric push rods, drivers and software algorithms, it brings industrial-grade dexterous hands into the cheap era for the first time.
Technical Analysis: eHand-6 Performance and Structure Analysis
eHand-6 achieves a balance and breakthrough in cost and performance, highly integrating standardized core units such as hollow cup motors, micro push rods and drivers. With its subtle and compact structural design, it simulates the force generation mode of human hand muscles and provides stable and strong power support for the dexterous hand to achieve bionic movement. eHand-6 is equipped with a high-performance controller with fast response and multi-channel processing capabilities, which can coordinate the motors of each joint to achieve precise force control.
- -Degree of freedom: All five fingers are three-knuckle structures, and the knuckle bending angles of the first four fingers are 60°, 110° and 170° respectively, and the knuckle bending angles of the thumb are 32°, 44° and 44° respectively. This angle design combined with multi-degree-of-freedom collaborative control enables the dexterous hand to accurately reproduce human grasping, holding and pushing movements.
- – Load capacity: The maximum gripping force can reach 10N, and the lifting load capacity is up to 5kg. Whether it is the stable grasping of delicate objects or the efficient handling of heavy workpieces, it can easily meet the needs of various scenarios.
- -Intelligent perception: Optional 5-channel tactile feedback sensor to build a full-range perception system to achieve 3N-10N dynamic force control.
- -Development compatibility: Provide Python/ROS dual API interface, support CAN FD/EtherCAT protocol.
Hard core support: The philosophy behind the cost and performance of eHand-6
“True technology is the precise deconstruction of redundant design links” Hitbot CTO explained that eHand-6 can achieve performance breakthroughs at a disruptive price, and the core relies on the following three points
- Full-stack self-developed system: The core components of eHand-6, from the design of micro electric push rods to the integration of high-performance drivers and the development of software algorithms, are all self-developed by Hitbot, breaking the external dependence of key technologies and greatly reducing the component cost of dexterous hands.
- Standardization and modularization: Hitbot has accumulated years of experience in standardization and modularization of core components such as planetary reducers and drivers, allowing eHand-6 to quickly reach mass production with efficient R&D investment, promoting the inclusiveness of industrial dexterous hands.
- Industrial chain layout: Hitbot’s layout in the fields of micro reducers, machining, etc. has built a complete industrial ecological chain, further reducing production and manufacturing costs, and providing strong guarantees for the market competition of industrial dexterous hands.
Industry disruptor: Hitbot’s road to technology inclusiveness
Since 2016 becoming the No. 1 brand of domestic electric grippers, Hitbot has always insisted on using technological innovation as a sharp weapon to continuously reconstruct the value standards of automation components:
- – 2016: Defined the first domestic integrated electric gripper, the price was only 1/10 of imported products, and promoted a revolution of “electric replacing pneumatic”;
- – 2017: The world’s first direct-drive SCARA robot arm, through the direct-drive technology without reducer, the cost of the four-axis robot arm was reduced by 40%, opening up a new track for lightweight production lines;
- – 2019: Launched the integrated intelligent electric cylinder, creating a new category of linear motion units that integrates screws, guide rails, motors, and drives;
- – 2021: Release of 2999 yuan rotary electric gripper, leading to a substantial price reduction of similar products, accelerating the popularization of rotary gripping technology in various fields;
- – 2023: Launch of the first electric suction cup, with a distributed air source design to solve the adsorption problem in airless scenes, leading the industry to a new highland of innovation;
- – 2025: eHand-6 enters the industrial dexterous hand track with a competitive price, reshapes the industry value system, and creates new possibilities for high cost performance.
Conclusion: The value return of automated execution components
From electric grippers to dexterous hands, Hitbot continues to break cost barriers through technological innovation, relying on the full-stack self-developed ecological collaboration to lower the threshold for downstream applications. The advent of eHand-6 is not only a major breakthrough at the product level, but also marks the return of automated execution components to a reasonable price through “standardization, modularization, and universalization”.