Case Study: Sigmoid achieves a commercially viable soft-grab robotic hand with HTEC Group

Sigmoid brings a commercially viable robotic hand to life with HTEC in 2019

The customer, Sigmoid, a company specializing in robotic software development, faced the steep challenge of creating a cost-effective, production-ready three-finger robotic hand for warehouse automation. They partnered with vendor HTEC Group, which provided its hardware and embedded solutions expertise, to overcome complexities in system architecture, electronics, and sensor integration.

HTEC Group designed the hand's mechanics, developed proprietary fingertip sensors to allow the hand to "feel" objects, and engineered the electronics and control protocols. The solution resulted in one of the world's most advanced and affordable soft-grab robotic grippers, which is commercially viable and ready for testing in automated warehouses. This innovation by HTEC is poised to reduce manual labor in warehousing and manufacturing.

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