Product Description
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This bundle has an estimated 4 month lead time. Please plan accordingly before placing your order.
Midas Hand Bundle
Modular low-Impedance Direct-drive Anthropomorphic Sensing Hand
The Midas Hand Bundle is a DYNAMIXEL and ROBOTIS accessory bundle for building the open-source Midas Hand platform: a dexterous, anthropomorphic robotic hand designed for research, development, prototyping, and builders working with compact direct-drive actuation.
Midas Hand stands for Modular low-Impedance Direct-drive Anthropomorphic Sensing Hand. The platform is designed around a 16 DOF hand architecture with 13 active DYNAMIXEL actuators, providing a practical foundation for dexterous manipulation projects.
What’s Included
This bundle contains the core ROBOTIS components needed for the Midas Hand actuator and accessory stack. Additional parts, 3D printed components, assembly hardware, tools, and project-specific materials may be required.
| Quantity | Item |
|---|---|
| 1 | DYNAMIXEL Starter Kit |
| 13 | DYNAMIXEL XM335-T323-T |
| 1 | Robot Cable-X3P 180MM (10pcs) |
3D Printed Parts Notice
3D printed parts are not included by default. Please contact us for 3D Printed Parts pricing.
Midas Hand Project Overview
Midas Hand is an open-source dexterous hand platform intended to make advanced robotic hand development more accessible. The project provides a practical release path for builders, including hardware files, CAD, assembly documentation, software resources, and a public bill of materials.
The platform is built for researchers, educators, developers, and robotics builders who need a capable anthropomorphic hand for experimentation in manipulation, sensing, teleoperation, grasping, and robotic interaction.
Platform Snapshot
| Degrees of Freedom | 16 total DOF |
| Active DOF | 13 actuators |
| Estimated Build Time | More than 3 hours, depending on builder experience and assembly setup |
Product Video
Watch the Midas Hand overview and project demonstration below.
Documentation & Community
Midas Hand is built around an open release model. Use the links below to access source files, community discussion, and the public bill of materials.
Project Acknowledgement
The Midas Hand project was developed with contributions and research support from the UCLA Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa).
RoMeLa is internationally recognized for advanced robotics research spanning humanoid robotics, robotic manipulation, wearable systems, medical robotics, and intelligent mechanisms. Their pioneering work has helped advance the state of the art in dexterous robotic systems and human-centered robotics research.
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