
Adam
PNDbotics

PNDboticsThe 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.
| Hardware | Adam-U$45,000 |
|---|---|
| Sensing | |
| Cameras | ZED MINI |
| Computing | |
| Main processor | NUC12 WSKi7 |
| Memory & storage | 16 GB |
| NPU edge compute | NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16 GB |
| Actuation | |
| Full-body degrees of freedom | 31 DoF |
| Arm degrees of freedom | View full specification3 x shoulder + 1 x elbow + 1 x forearm + 2 x wrist + 6 dexterous fingers = 13 |
| Dexterous-hand degrees of freedom | dexterous handfingerx6 |
| Head degrees of freedom | 2 DoF |
| End effector | dexterous handfingerx6 |
| Power | |
| Battery capacity | 1172 W.h |
| Connectivity | |
| Wireless | Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0 |
| Expansion interfaces | Wired Ethernet port |
| Structure | |
| Body size | Adjustable 1.35-1.77 m |
| Weight | 26 kg |

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