Robot model
Linkerbot Hand
Linkerbot (灵心巧手) is a Beijing-based robotics company and unicorn with over 80% global market share in high-degree-of-freedom (DoF) robotic hands for humanoid…
- Manufacturer
- Linkerbot
- Form factor
- humanoid
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 2
- Website
- linkerbot.cn ↗
The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Linkerbot Hand, a humanoid by Linkerbot (commercial): 2 verified deployments on record. 3 sources back the record.
Overview
Linkerbot (灵心巧手) is a Beijing-based robotics company and unicorn with over 80% global market share in high-degree-of-freedom (DoF) robotic hands for humanoid robots. Founded by Zhou Yong (Alex Zhou), the company is the only producer of 1,000+ high-DoF robotic hands and targets a $6 billion valuation, aiming to produce 1 million pairs of robotic hands. Linkerbot supplies robotic hands to major humanoid robot manufacturers globally.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Sources on file
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Key facts
Next Round Target
Product
Market share
Linker Hand family
SDK support
Tendon-driven dexterity
Data & sources
News coverage
1
Web sources
2
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Pricing
No verified price is on record for Linkerbot Hand. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (2)
- Linkerbot Hand at China, Asiaoperational
Commercial product — available for purchase in this market.
Commercial product — available for purchase in this market.
Linkerbot Hand on the deployment map
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
at China, Asia
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
at United States (multiple hotel chains)
Safety record
No incidents on record for Linkerbot Hand.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-29
Verification posture
Verified
Medium confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-29
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: humanoid
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- code-repository
- Code repository
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Linkerbot Hand.Recent coverage
Linkerbot Hand in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Linkerbot Hand from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
The Billion Chinese Startup Trying to Build Hands for Every Robot
Linkerbot makes dexterous robotic hands from 00. 20 DOF. 5,000 hands/month. Targeting B valuation. Wants to be standard for humanoids.
China robot-hand-building unicorn Linkerbot targets billion valuation
Linkerbot holds over 80% of the global market share in high-DoF robotic hands, targets B valuation, and aims to produce 1 million pairs of robotic hands.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/linkerbot-hand.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/968f3d83-d723-49e5-97a9-8bb702ad58e2
- Revision history: /models/linkerbot-hand/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Linkerbot Hand draws attention at the 6th percentile but verifies reality at the 59th percentile among humanoids. Hype Gap -52.2, 101st widest among humanoids.
Analysis
Limited independent press and video coverage to date.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 2, 2026