Adam-U

Adam-U

PNDbotics

The PNDbotics Adam-U is a high-performance upper-body robot for tabletop manipulation and experimentation. Its compact design delivers exceptional upper-limb dexterity and high-precision dynamic control, enabling complex manipulation tasks in structured laboratory environments and serving scientific research, industrial automation, medical assistance and service robot development. The system integrates 31 quasi-direct-drive compliant force-controlled joints, with 13 DoF per arm including 6 DoF dexterous fingers, an adjustable height of 1.35-1.77 m and a main body of only 26 kg. Perception is provided by a ZED MINI; the host combines an NUC12WSKi7 with an NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16GB, and WBC plus MPC algorithms maintain dynamic control precision. A drawer in the base accepts up to 40 kg of ballast to keep the platform stable.

Full-body DoF
31 DoF
Weight
26 kg
Starting price · Adam-U
$45,000
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Specifications

HardwareAdam-U$45,000
Sensing
CamerasZED MINI
Computing
Main processorNUC12 WSKi7
Memory & storage16 GB
NPU edge computeNVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16 GB
Actuation
Full-body degrees of freedom31 DoF
Arm degrees of freedom
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3 x shoulder + 1 x elbow + 1 x forearm + 2 x wrist + 6 dexterous fingers = 13

Dexterous-hand degrees of freedomdexterous handfingerx6
Head degrees of freedom2 DoF
End effectordexterous handfingerx6
Power
Battery capacity1172 W.h
Connectivity
WirelessWi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0
Expansion interfacesWired Ethernet port
Structure
Body sizeAdjustable 1.35-1.77 m
Weight26 kg
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