This is the UCLA MIDAS Hand: an open source robotic hand with multi-dimensional force sensing thanks to Paxini Tactile Sensors. It has about 16 degrees of freedom and uses 13 active DYNAMIXEL actuators (XM335-T323-T). This dexterous robot hand can grasp and handle tools. It can also be teleoperated. You will be able to monitor sensor response and feedback.
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PaXini Global Horizons | UCLA MIDAS Hand
According to the project page, this robot hand has a BOM of around $3k. It takes about 3 hours to complete this. Printable files, MuJoCo simulation models, and CAD exports are publicly released. The below GIF shows how the MIDAS Hand can interact with common tools.
[where to get it] [credit: Alvin Zhu, Mingzhang Zhu, Beom Jun Kim, Quanyou Wang, Jose Victor S. H. Ramos*, Dennis Hong]
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