en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Y-Hand M1 dexterous hand, developed by Yuequan Bionics, made its official debut at the "New Technologies and New Products Premier Launch" zone of the 2026 Global Digital Economy Conference. This high-performance robot end-effector, designed for industrial and embodied intelligence scenarios, weighs only 299.7 grams—lighter than a can of soda—yet integrates 26 degrees of freedom, a repeat positioning accuracy of ±0.04 millimeters, and a fingertip force of up to 150 Newtons. In industrial applications, it can perform delicate operations such as securely gripping reagent bottles and tightening screws.
In the upgrade of industrial automation, the dexterous hand serves as the critical "last centimeter" for enabling robot interaction with the physical world, and is a popular niche direction in the field of embodied intelligence. According to Morgan Stanley's teardown of Tesla's Optimus, dexterous hand components account for 17.2% of the total robot cost, with some industry forecasts suggesting this proportion could exceed 30%. In the first quarter of 2026, financing in China's domestic dexterous hand industry approached 5 billion yuan, already surpassing 70% of the total for the entire year of 2025. Zhao Di, Chief Technology Officer of Beijing Daqi Yuequan Bionics Technology Co., Ltd., stated that the product simultaneously achieves high operational precision, strong fingertip output force, and excellent compliance. The Y-Hand M1 adopts a bionic tension-compression body structure, mimicking the bone-muscle-ligament coordination of the human hand. When grasping, the palm automatically conforms to the shape of the object, increasing contact area and distributing force more evenly, allowing it to hold heavy objects without crushing an egg. This rigid-flexible coupled structure also offers impact resistance, enhancing durability. The company team was co-founded by Ren Luquan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Jilin University, and Ren Lei, a national distinguished expert and tenured professor at the University of Manchester, UK. Its technical route is based on the internationally pioneering "bionic tension-compression body robot theory and technology."
In terms of degree-of-freedom allocation, the Y-Hand M1 concentrates 8 degrees of freedom in the thumb. Zhao Di explained that the thumb handles 40% to 50% of the hand's operational functions, so the 8-degree-of-freedom thumb enables 33 types of fine movements, including precision pinch, opposition motion, and power grasp. On the production front, Yuequan Bionics has simultaneously planned for mass production, with core components ready for direct transition to volume manufacturing. A production base is under construction in Changping, Beijing. All materials are domestically sourced, ensuring supply chain security. The company adopts a full-stack self-development strategy, with the YQ-Motors series of motors, controllers, and core algorithms all independently developed. Zhao Di noted that due to the unique nature of the bionic tension-compression body technical route, matching high-precision slotless brushless motors are unavailable on the market, prompting the company to independently develop the motors, architecture, software, and future interfaces for integration with embodied intelligence large models. In terms of industrial application validation, the Y-Hand M1 has completed an 8-hour continuous stable operation test on an automotive parts manufacturing line without failure; in the 3C product manufacturing sector, multiple rounds of validation have also yielded positive results. Traditional high-performance dexterous hands typically cover only 50% to 60% of factory operational tasks, whereas the Y-Hand M1 raises this ratio to over 90%, with costs comparable to traditional rigid dexterous hands.
