DH116 Series
Motion-control manufacturer Leadshine from Shenzhen entered the robot-hand market in 2025 with the DH116 series, announced in June of that year.
Price from
- 0.55kgWeight
- 11DOFDegrees of freedom
- 30kgPayload
Key facts
- Manufacturer priceapprox. 8,500 PLN* (≈ EUR 1,950) (as of 21 October 2026)
- Specificationsweight 0.55 kg · degrees of freedom 11 DOF · payload 30 kg
- Statuson sale
- Availability in Polandnot confirmed
Summary
- ManufacturerLeadshine (Leadshine Technology Co., Ltd.)
- CategoryRobot hands
- Statuson sale
- Availability in PolandNo confirmed distributor in Poland
Motion-control manufacturer Leadshine from Shenzhen entered the robot-hand market in 2025 with the DH116 series, announced in June of that year. The five-finger hand has 11 degrees of freedom, six of them active and driven by brushless coreless motors inside the hand.
At 545 g and 183 by 86.5 by 30 mm it holds 30 kg in a hook grip, grips with 50 N and carries 5 kg per finger; repeatability is 0.2 mm, rated life one million cycles, protection class IP20. The base model carries only encoders, whereas the DH116-M variant adds multimodal tactile sensors in fingertips and palm.
CAN FD is the standard interface with RS-485 and EtherCAT variants available, and an open SDK covers ROS 2, C++ and Python. In the Leadshine web store the right and left versions DH116-R1 and -L1 were priced at USD 2,199 on promotion against a regular 2,299 in October 2026, FOB Shenzhen, with two to four weeks lead time. Buyers are humanoid makers, labs and industry.
Its smaller sister is the DH116S Series, the flagship the DH2116 Series, and a direct rival the Linker Hand L6.
Specs
Data checked: · Sources: 3
Data from manufacturer datasheets and product pages; median over the models of this category in the database.
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Weight0.55 kg−22% vs. the category median (0.7 kg, n=98)
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Degrees of freedom11−31% vs. the category median (16, n=125)
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Payload30 kg+100% vs. the category median (15 kg, n=83)
- category medianA higher value doesn't always mean a better robot; it depends on the application.
Dimensions and weight
- Weight
- 0.55 kg
Motion and manipulation
- Degrees of freedom
- 11
- Payload
- 30 kg
Electronics and AI
- Drive
- brushless coreless motors in the hand, 11 DOF (6 active)
- Sensors
- encoders; DH116-M version with multimodal tactile sensors in fingertips and palm
Additional specs
- Design type
- five-finger hand
- Interfaces
- CAN FD (RS-485 and EtherCAT variants), ROS 2, C++, Python
- Fingers
- 5
- Opposable thumb
- yes
- Actuators
- 6
- Grip force (N)
- 50
- Length (mm)
- 183
- Tactile sensing
- no
- Protection rating
- IP20
- Open source
- no
- Country of origin
- CN
Price and availability in Poland
Dealers in Poland
No confirmed distributor in Poland
Applications
Typical applications
Target group
Comparison
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History
Sales start
Model unveiled
Sources
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