mimic hand M1
Tendon-driven dexterous robotic hand for industrial automation
Price
Price not publicly disclosed
Record checked Jul 17, 2026
Key facts
Values reflect the public record
- Height
- No public data documented
- Weight
- No public data documented
- Payload
- >25 kgManufacturer confirmed
- Degrees of freedom
- 21 DoFManufacturer confirmed
- Runtime
- No public data documented
- Max speed
- No public data documented
Canonical robot record
Overview
mimic robotics unveiled the mimic hand M1 alongside its wearable U1 data-capture exoskeleton on July 16, 2026. M1 is a five-fingered, human-form-factor hand designed for learned industrial manipulation. The company says it builds the hand in-house in Switzerland and pairs it with a custom software and data stack; pricing and general commercial availability were not disclosed at announcement.
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- Spec sources
- 1 linked
- Verification
- Verified · 3/3 specs source-verified
- Deployment
- Announced
- Last verified
- Jul 17, 2026
Key Features
- Total DoF: 15 actuated + 6 coupled = 21 total
- Steady-state payload: >25 kg in a cylindrical power grasp
- Fingertip steady-state force: 25 N with fingers stretched out
- Joint backdrivability: <0.05 Nm backdrive torque
- Force estimation sensitivity: <0.1 N
- Fingertip position accuracy: ±0.18 mm in closed loop using joint encoders
- Actuation: bi-directional, pulley-guided tendon drive
- Tactile sensing: normal force, tangential force, and multi-point contact location
- Manufacturing: designed and made in-house in Switzerland
Applications
mimic positions M1 for dexterous industrial automation, including manufacturing and logistics manipulation tasks that require both fine contact sensitivity and sustained power grasps. The hand is intended to transfer human demonstration data through a human-matched morphology and can be paired with the mimic wearable U1 for data collection.
Technical Highlights
M1 relocates its actuators into the forearm and routes tendons over bearings and specification-sized pulleys to reduce friction and wear. Dual encoders on the motor and joint support force estimation, while dedicated fingertip tactile sensors add shear-force and contact-location sensing. The manufacturer also specifies up to 45 degrees of hyperextension and joint backlash below 0.3 degrees.
Specifications
Grouped technical data with source detail available on demand.
3 documented values
Mechanics
| Degrees of Freedom | 21 DoFManufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 17, 2026 mimic robotics (opens in a new tab) |
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Performance
| Payload Capacity | >25 kgManufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 17, 2026 mimic robotics (opens in a new tab) |
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Sensing
| Sensors | Joint encoders and fingertip tactile sensing for normal force, tangential force, and multi-point contactManufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 17, 2026 mimic robotics (opens in a new tab) |
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Deployment and commercial evidence
Deployment evidence
Solving Dexterity: A Full-Stack Approach
mimic robotics announced the mimic hand M1 and wearable U1 as an integrated physical-AI platform for dexterous manipulation.
Evidence & changelog
Sources behind this record and material corrections made over time.
Sources
- Solving Dexterity: A Full-Stack Approach (opens in a new tab) · mimic robotics — cites Degrees of Freedom, Payload Capacity, Sensors
Manufacturer
Zurich robotics company developing dexterous hands and physical-AI systems for industrial manipulation.
- Headquarters
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Founded
- 2022
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