Robot hand

LEAP Hand V1

An open four-finger research hand assembled from printed parts and Dynamixel motors. The authors publish assembly resources, hardware models and control software.

Records last verified Oct 13, 2026 · Send a correction

PrototypeCarnegie Mellon UniversityReleased / introduced: 2023

Specifications

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SpecificationValue, confidence & sources
Fingers
4Official — stated by the manufacturer or organizer
Degrees of freedom
16 DoFOfficial — stated by the manufacturer or organizer
Conditions & notes

Sixteen joint-angle commands and feedback values in the authors' implementation.

Actuated degrees of freedom
16 DoFOfficial — stated by the manufacturer or organizer
Conditions & notes

Motorized joint controls in the original research implementation.

Weight
0.595 kgOfficial — stated by the manufacturer or organizer
Conditions & notes

595 g for the four-finger hand in the paper.

Maximum grip force—
Fingertip force—
Payload—
Tactile sensing—
Actuation
Electric Dynamixel motorsOfficial — stated by the manufacturer or organizer
Interface
USB to host; ROS, Python and C++ interfacesOfficial — stated by the manufacturer or organizer

Published price

Price

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Used in

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Evidence

Sources

  1. [s1] LEAP Hand V1 project and open assembly resources ↗

    Carnegie Mellon University · official · accessed Oct 13, 2026

  2. [s2] LEAP Hand: Low-Cost, Efficient, and Anthropomorphic Hand for Robot Learning ↗

    Shaw, Agarwal and Pathak · paper · published Sep 12, 2023 · accessed Oct 13, 2026