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qbrobotics · Hands & Arms

qb SoftHand2 Research

Available to order · Backorder

From Italian maker qbrobotics; Spanish dealer ROS Components sells it at €15,000, currently on backorder with an estimated 2–4 weeks' delivery.

from €15,000qb SoftHand2 Research

EU dealer ROS Components; the page does not state whether VAT is included. Clearpath/Rockwell store: quote only.

ROS Components (ES)Request via Antarum

Checked: 28.09.2026Source
Made for: Research & education
Where: EU (ROS Components, Spain)

Antarum is independent: we don’t sell or ship robots and aren’t an official dealer of this brand. You buy from the manufacturer or an authorised dealer. They’re your contract partner.

Manufacturer price in the original currency, excl. VAT, shipping and import duties.

How Antarum earns money

Overview

A soft, anthropomorphic hand whose 19 joints are driven by two motors through 'synergies', so it can pinch, grasp and point; its finger joints dislocate and snap back instead of breaking.

Key specs

Joints / motors: 19 joints, 2 motors (two synergies)
Weight: 0.94 kg
Payload: 2 kg pinch / 3 kg power grasp
Closing time: approx. 1 s from open to fist
Sensing: Motor position and motor current
Interfaces: USB, RS485 · ROS and ROS 2
Compatible arms: Universal Robots, Franka Robotics, Kinova (per maker)

Why it’s in

From an Italian maker, with an EU dealer and a public price.
Dislocatable, self-healing finger joints make it hard to break: good for contact-rich experiments.
Works with Universal Robots, Franka and Kinova arms and supports ROS and ROS 2, per the maker.

What bothers us

Fingers move in coupled patterns, not independently.
€15,000 for an underactuated hand, currently on backorder.
Not new: qbrobotics now also sells a newer one-motor SoftHand+ (price not published).