AGILINK 临界点
"Perceive the World. Link the Intelligence."
Shanghai dexterous-hand maker spun off from AGIBOT in January 2026; ships the OmniHand series of grippers with vision-based tactile sensing.
AGILINK is a robotics company that designs and manufactures dexterous hands and grippers for robots that must physically manipulate objects. The company began in August 2023 as a dexterous-hand program inside AGIBOT, developing end-effectors for AGIBOT's humanoid platform, and separated into an independent company in January 2026 after closing several funding rounds in quick succession. It is headquartered in Shanghai, with additional offices in Beijing, Shenzhen, Singapore, Japan, and other locations across Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
The product line is built around the OmniHand series: OmniHand Lite and the standard OmniHand for general deployment, plus the direct-drive OmniHand Ultra-M and tendon-driven OmniHand Ultra-T flagship models for research-grade manipulation, alongside the OmniPicker industrial gripper. The products combine direct-drive and cable-driven mechanisms with vision-based tactile sensing and ship with C++ and Python SDKs, ROS 2 reference nodes, and simulation assets for NVIDIA Isaac and MuJoCo, targeting embodied-AI training and manipulation research.
AGILINK states it holds the largest share of China's dexterous-hand market as of the first quarter of 2026, with more than 20,000 units shipped and over 50,000 hours of deployment data logged. Its research and development team numbers more than 60 engineers, with plans to grow past 100 by the fourth quarter of 2026.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
OmniHand 3 Ultra-M
- Model: OmniHand 3 Ultra-M
- Launch Year: 2026
Human-scale direct-drive dexterous hand with vision-based tactile sensing for embodied-AI research.
OmniHand 3 Ultra-T
- Model: OmniHand 3 Ultra-T
- Launch Year: 2026
Flagship dexterous hand of the OmniHand 3 series with full-hand tactile sensing.
OmniHand 3 Lite
- Model: OmniHand 3 Lite
- Launch Year: 2026
Lightweight entry dexterous hand in the OmniHand 3 series.
OmniPicker 3
- Model: OmniPicker 3
- Launch Year: 2026
Robotic gripper in the Omni 3 series for industrial grasping tasks.
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Company Facts
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2026
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Component Supplier
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Asia-Pacific
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