Product Description
CRAFT Hand Bundle — ROBOTIS Actuator Package
The CRAFT Hand Bundle provides the ROBOTIS hardware components required to build the CRAFT Hand — a compact, tendon-driven anthropomorphic robotic hand designed for dexterous manipulation, robotics research, teleoperation, reinforcement learning, and advanced robotic grasping experiments.
Built around DYNAMIXEL XL330 smart actuators, the CRAFT Hand combines lightweight mechanical design, articulated multi-finger motion, and open-source accessibility into a flexible development platform for researchers, educators, and makers exploring next-generation robotic manipulation systems.
The hand architecture is inspired by modern tendon-driven robotic hand research platforms commonly used in robot learning, human-like grasping, and compliant manipulation systems. Its compact actuator layout and articulated finger structure make it ideal for applications involving adaptive gripping, object interaction, embodied AI, and custom robotic end-effector development.
Supported Robotics Workflows
The included hardware supports a wide range of robotics workflows including:
- Dexterous robotic hand research
- Teleoperation and motion-retargeting experiments
- ROS / ROS2 robotics development
- AI and reinforcement learning environments
- Human-like grasping and manipulation studies
- Custom gripper and robotic end-effector prototyping
- Educational robotics and mechatronics projects
3D Model Preview
CRAFT hand by buddythebub1 on Sketchfab
What This Bundle Includes
All items listed below are ROBOTIS products and are included in the purchase price of this bundle.
| Product | Qty | Link |
|---|---|---|
| DYNAMIXEL XL330-M288-T Servo Motor | 16 | DYNAMIXEL XL330-M288-T |
| Robot Cable-X3P 180mm (10pcs) | 2 | Robot Cable-X3P 180mm |
| 3P JST Expansion Board | 2 | 3P JST Expansion Board |
| U2D2 USB Communication Converter | 1 | U2D2 |
| U2D2 Power Hub Board Set | 1 | U2D2 Power Hub Board Set |
Important — Please Read Before Ordering
- Power supply — not available from ROBOTIS; must be sourced separately.
- 3D-printed structural parts — not available from ROBOTIS; source from the project CAD files or a local print service. Contact us for inquiries about 3D-printed parts pricing.
- Fasteners, bearings, tendons, and additional hardware — refer to the official project BOM for part numbers; these are third-party components.
Open-Source Project Information
The CRAFT Hand is an open-source robotic hand project. Design files, assembly instructions, firmware, tendon routing information, and the full BOM are freely available through the project's public repository.
The platform is designed to encourage experimentation in robotic grasping, manipulation research, teleoperation systems, AI-driven robotics workflows, and custom actuator control development.
This bundle supplies the ROBOTIS hardware portion of the build only and does not include software support, documentation, or assembly services.
Who This Bundle Is For
- Academic and industry researchers working on dexterous manipulation
- Robotics educators and students building hands-on projects
- Developers prototyping custom gripper and robotic hand platforms with DYNAMIXEL actuators
- Makers and engineers exploring affordable articulated hand designs
- Researchers working with ROS, reinforcement learning, teleoperation, and embodied AI systems
For a full system build, additional components and fabrication are required beyond the contents of this bundle. Please review the official project BOM before ordering.
Build Further with ROBOTIS
Expand your platform with additional ROBOTIS accessories available in our store:
Project Credits
The CRAFT Hand project was created by:
- Leo Lin — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Shivansh Patel — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Jay Moon — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Svetlana Lazebnik — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Unnat Jain — UC Irvine
CRAFT Hand is an open-source research platform for dexterous robotic manipulation, teleoperation, and embodied AI research.
Official project page: https://craft-hand.github.io/
Please support and credit the original creators and contributors when using or building upon this project.
