Unitree launches Dex5 dexterous hand with 22 DOF starting at $6,500

Unitree released its Dex5 bionic dexterous hand, offering 22 degrees of freedom at 1:1 human-hand scale for a starting price of about $6,500, far below rival products, drawing broad community attention. Cross-posts added design details and common community questions.

Confirmed

• The Dex5 matches a real human hand at 1:1 scale with 22 DOF, all driven by motorized joints, enabling fine-grained software control of finger motion.
• All 22 joints support smooth backdrivability: when external force pushes a finger, the motor yields rather than locking, aiding safe human-robot interaction and compliant grasping.
• Every joint includes impact torque protection via joint limits.
• A new pinky-side abduction axis changes grasping geometry.
• Official pricing starts at $6,500, excluding tax and shipping.

Why it matters

• @RevolutionaryJob2409 noted the competing Wuji Hand 2 offers 20 DOF at $16,000–$20,000; Unitree delivers more DOF at roughly one-third the price, continuing its cost-performance hardware strategy.
• Dexterous hands are a key component for humanoid robotics; if mass production goes smoothly, the 22-DOF, fully backdrivable design could further lower hardware barriers for robotics research and applications.

2026-09-21 ~ 2026-09-22 · 5 related posts

• [source] Unitree Launches Dex5-5 Dexterous Hand: 22 DoF, 1:1 Human Size, From $6.5K — mishig25 · 2026-09-21
• [source] Unitree's Dex5 hand packs 22 DOF at $6.5k, undercutting rivals by up to 3x — RevolutionaryJob2409 · 2026-09-21

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