Phybot Packs 23 Active Degrees of Freedom Into Its New Robotic Hand

Phybot has unveiled PhyHand, an anthropomorphic robotic hand with 23 active degrees of freedom, at the 140th Canton Fair in Guangzhou. The public debut offered a first look at its finger movements, with the hand playing rock-paper-scissors with visitors.

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• PhyHand debuted at the Canton Fair with 23 active degrees of freedom and what Phybot describes as a fully direct-drive design.
• Reported specifications include a 750-gram weight and dual encoders, with precision assembly and research among the intended applications.
• The demonstration showed gestures; fine grasping remains under development, and pricing and delivery details have not been disclosed in the sources reviewed.

A hand built for finer control

Jiemian’s on-site reporting corroborates the hand’s first public appearance and rock-paper-scissors demonstration. Its 23 active degrees of freedom describe independently controlled movement axes, making the figure more informative than a count that also includes passive joints.

According to Pandaily’s account of the announcement, the hand weighs 750 grams and combines direct drive with dual encoders. Phybot says the arrangement supports accurate rapid movements, fine adjustments and stable force output. Those performance claims have not been accompanied by independent benchmark results in the reporting reviewed.

Yangcheng Evening News identifies precision industrial assembly and research experiments as intended uses. For those applications, the important question will be how well the hand maintains contact and controls objects during manipulation.

From gestures to grasping

Pandaily reports that PhyHand has completed laboratory validation and basic motion demonstrations, while fine grasping and practical skills are still being developed. Testing across robot platforms is also underway.

That puts the debut at an early stage: forming recognizable gestures demonstrates movement, but does not establish reliable handling of delicate parts or unfamiliar objects. The available reports do not provide grip-force measurements, tactile-sensing specifications, pricing or a delivery schedule.

PhyHand gives Phybot a new component to develop alongside its humanoid robots. Its next meaningful demonstration will be turning those 23 controlled axes into useful manipulation.