qb robotics Srl

qb robotics Srl is based at the Polo Tecnologico technology park in Cascina near Pisa and specialises in soft, compliant mechanisms: the synergy-based qb SoftHand family and variable-stiffness actuators.

Rather than one motor per joint, the company uses one or two motors that drive coordinated motion patterns across all fingers, while self-healing joints let the hands survive collisions that would damage a rigid design. Customers are mainly universities and humanoid labs, with distributors such as Clearpath Robotics carrying the products. In the catalogue: qb SoftHand2 Research.