"Dozens Ready to Buy": Robotic Hand Maker Thrives Amid Humanoid Boom

Chinese neurotechnology startup and prosthetic hand developer BrainCo has projected a significant increase in the sales of its robotic hands.

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On June 2 (local time), Nick He of BrainCo told Bloomberg News that dozens of Chinese robotics companies, including Unitree Robotics and Luju Robotics, are purchasing BrainCo’s sophisticated five-fingered robotic hands, which can move and manipulate objects just like a human hand.

BrainCo is one of China’s brain-computer interface (BCI) companies challenging leading American firms such as Neuralink in the neurotechnology sector. He stated that BrainCo’s robotic hand business is “already experiencing much greater growth than last year.”

The company has developed technology that enables prosthetic hands to be controlled by brain signals so they move like human hands. In addition, it is addressing neurological disorders such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and insomnia using BCI-based headsets. He emphasized, “We are not simply making robotic hands,” adding, “We believe BCI can be combined with embodied intelligence. In the future, robots controlled by the human brain will become a core field.”

There are still many challenges for humanoid robotics companies to advance robots to the level of replacing human labor. In particular, developing robotic hands capable of grasping, manipulating, and inserting objects with human-like precision is considered a key challenge.

Investor interest in robotic hand developers is also growing. Last month, Bloomberg reported that Chinese robotic hand firm Linkerbot had completed a 1.5 billion yuan funding round and is now considering an initial public offering (IPO).

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