IDC forecasts global shipments of robotic dexterous hands at about 25,000 units
in 2026; the estimate excludes vendor shipments used internally to equip their
own robot products. Chinese manufacturers are expected to account for more than
85% of the market. Competition is shifting from hardware metrics (degrees of
freedom, grip force) toward fine manipulation, perception-control and
integration with embodied-intelligence models. Near-term demand is concentrated
in humanoid-robot integration, research and education, and embodied-intelligence
data collection; large-scale industrial applications remain exploratory.
