HANGZHOU, China — Unitree Robotics has introduced the Dex5-S, a five-finger robotic hand with 22 degrees of freedom and a starting price of $6,500 after tax and shipping, adding a smaller and lighter model to its dexterous-hand lineup.

Unitree announced the Dex5-S on Sept. 21, describing it as approximately the size of a human hand. The company says all 22 joints can be moved by external forces, and each joint includes protective features to limit impact damage.

The Dex5-S increases the number of degrees of freedom from Unitree's existing Dex5-1. The manufacturer's official specifications for the Dex5-1 list 20 degrees of freedom, including 16 active and four coupled movements.

Unitree has not yet created a specific page, so some specs can only be found in launch materials and Chinese media coverage.

IT Home reported that the Dex5-S weighs about 620 grams and measures 102 by 187 by 26 millimetres. It listed five degrees of freedom each for the thumb and little finger and four each for the index, middle and ring fingers, for 22 in total. The publication also mentioned a maximum load is set at 2 kilograms while continuous load stands at 1 kilogram.

Chinese financial publication Yicai separately reported a domestic starting price of 39,900 yuan. The two figures should be treated as separate quoted prices rather than as currency conversions.

The dollar-denominated announcement does not establish general international availability. The hand was not listed in Unitree's global store when checked, and the company has not published availability for specific countries or delivery dates.

The hand launch follows Unitree's expansion of its humanoid lineup, including the G1 series. Dexterous hands aim to give humanoids finer control over objects and tools, but additional degrees of freedom alone do not establish better manipulation performance.

Unitree has not published independent benchmark results on task success rates, durability, or sustained operation for the Dex5-S.