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24 alternatives to Augmented Hands

3D printed robotic and bionic hands

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Augmented Hands launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Project Soli by Google▲824

   Your hands are the only interface you'll need

   2016 · google.com · its alternatives →

2. 2PT
   Put this touch sensor on a robot and learn super precise tasks▲390

   We just released a very excited touch sensor that finally simplifies touch sensing for robotics. Our most exciting result: Learned visuotactile policies for precise tasks like inserting USBs and credit card swiping, that work out-of-the-box when you replace skins! To the best of our knowledge, this has never been shown before with any existing tactile sensor. Why is this important? For the first time, you could now collect data and train models on one sensor and expect them to generalize to new copies of the sensor -- opening the door to the kind of large foundation models that have…

   2024 · any-skin.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Standard Cyborg▲96

   Custom, 3D printed artificial limbs

   2015 · standardcyborg.com · its alternatives →

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   Leap Motion Mobile Platform▲151

   Hand tracking for untethered, battery-powered VR/AR devices

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   HUENIT▲162

   AI camera & modular robot arm for makers

   2021 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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   Gyroscope v3.5▲186

   New Augmented Reality view of your life!

   2019 · gyrosco.pe · its alternatives →

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   Android Things Lantern▲113

   Real-world AR with Google's new IoT platform

   2018 · experiments.withgoogle.com · its alternatives →

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   Handy 3D Hands▲264

   Exceptionally fun 3D illustrations by Icons8

   2020 · icons8.com · its alternatives →

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   Emerge▲79

   Enhance virtual and augmented reality with touch!

   2016 · emergenow.io · its alternatives →

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    Protoclone▲181

    The world's first bipedal, muscuskeletal android

    2025 · clonerobotics.com · its alternatives →

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    Makerarm▲126

    The first robotic arm that makes anything, anywhere

    2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    Aero Hand Open▲156

    An open-source dexterous hand for research and makers

    2025 · tetheria.ai · its alternatives →

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    YoPuppet▲104

    Augmented Reality hand puppets

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Hands on Deck▲69

    A digital experience design process and prototyping method

    2020 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    ORA-X▲79

    World's first augmented reality headphones

    2015 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

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    Cognixion ONE▲69

    The world's first wearable brain computer Interface with AR

    2020 · axon-r.cognixion.com · its alternatives →

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    Levitation▲90

    The world's first bionic knee brace

    2016 · springloadedtechnology.com · its alternatives →

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    Aria Gen 2▲174

    Future Glasses for AI and AR Research.

    2025 · projectaria.com · its alternatives →

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    Mover Kit▲77

    The first active play wearable kids make and code themselves

    2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    Frame▲173

    Fully open source AI glasses

    2024 · brilliant.xyz · its alternatives →

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    Happy Ring▲153

    The first wearable for your mind

    2022 · happysleep.com · its alternatives →

22. 22AA
    An Augmented Reality Hand Puppet App▲11

    2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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    ili▲128

    The world's first wearable translator

    2016 · iamili.com · its alternatives →

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    Humane Ai Pin▲155

    Beyond touch, beyond screens.

    2023 · its alternatives →

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