Introducing the ReFlex Hand

Bring your research to the cutting edge with the ReFlex Hand. It is built on over a decade of research in the Harvard Biorobotics Lab and the Yale Grab Lab, and it leverages the best insights our team gained from creating the top-performing design in the DARPA Autonomous Robotic Manipulation program's Hardware Track[1].

The hand provides three mechanically-intelligent underactuated fingers, highly sensitive tactile feedback, and a solid interface designed by the Open Source Robotics Foundation (of ROS fame).

The system consists of: a 3D-printed palm filled with Dynamixel servos; a smart palm and smart fingers equipped with tactile sensors and encoders; an interface circuit board; and a basic software driver to publish motor commands and read sensor values. The software will be developed as an open-source project under the BSD licence. This ensures that the core functionality can be shared and improved by the ReFlex community.

Features and Specifications

Mechanical Intelligence

• Compliant fingers shape themselves to the object – simplifies perception and control
• Robust to collisions and mistakes – develop experiments faster

Sensitive Tactile Sensing by TakkTile

• 0.01N sensitivity on fingers at 8mm spatial resolution
• Wide-field tactile sensors on palm
• 50Hz sensor sampling rate

General Specifications

• Actuators: 4 (3x fingers, 1x preshape)
• Weight: 800 grams
• Interface: TCP-IP (ethernet)
• Software Interface: ROS
• Power: 12V
• Mounting: Customizable

Beta Program

The ReFlex is currently closed, with hands shipping to ten top universities on four continents.

ReFlex SF

A low-cost version of the hand is available for order now (lead-time 8 weeks) including all the mechanics of the ReFlex, but no sensors. Cost $4999. Trade-up program provides $4K discount on ReFlex Full product.

ReFlex Pre-Orders

We are accepting orders for the ReFlex hand for $14999 for shipment in 2015. Priority will be given to ReflexSF customers. _{features subject to change}

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_{[1] Douglas Hackett, James Pippine, Adam Watson, Charles Sullivan, Gill Pratt, "Foreword to the special issue on autonomous grasping and manipulation", Autonomous Robots Vol. 36 No. 1, 2014, pp. 5-9}

_{RightHand Robotics is not endorsed by Harvard University, Yale University, or DARPA, and any views or opinions presented here are the views of RightHand Robotics alone.}