Xynova ranks 30 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 72; Tesollo ranks 40 with 66. Tesollo is ahead on deployment. Xynova is ahead on progress, positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on production, commercials and technology. Tesollo is based in South Korea, Xynova in Hangzhou, China. Xynova: private. Tesollo is named in 21 signals and Xynova in 2.
Tesollo develops humanoid and robotic hands used as manipulation components, including a humanoid robot hand demonstrated at the 2025 World IT Show.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
Tesollo is a South Korean maker of dexterous robotic hands (the 20-DoF DG-5F-M flagship and the lower-cost DG-5F-S with in-house actuators), on a gripper revenue base since 2019. It initiated an IPO process in July 2026, which would be the first pure-play hands listing, and integrated XELA uSkin tactile sensing shown at CES 2026, with demos at ICRA 2026. Revenue, the IPO venue and timing, and humanoid OEM design wins are open; its own coverage notes no hand maker is near a certified 10,000-hour mean-time-between-repairs.
21 signals name Tesollo.
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Xynova sells the Flex 2 bionic dexterous hand to humanoid and robotics manufacturers for advanced robotic manipulation.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
Xynova (Hangzhou) is a Chinese maker of tendon-driven dexterous hands (the Flex 1 at 25 DoF, 380g, >30kg lift, claimed the lightest and highest-load high-DoF hand on the market, plus the Flex2), built full-stack in-house down to motors, reducers, and ball screws. It raised ~RMB 1B (~$148M) within 18 months of its end-2024 founding, with CATL Capital, Xiaomi, and Li Auto simultaneously on its cap table, the fastest capital accumulation in the hands segment after LinkerBot. It leads the high-performance weight-to-load contest on published specifications; revenue is undisclosed.
2 signals name Xynova.
20 facts on file.
Xynova ranks 30 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 72; Tesollo ranks 40 with 66. Tesollo is ahead on deployment. Xynova is ahead on progress, positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on production, commercials and technology. Tesollo is based in South Korea, Xynova in Hangzhou, China. Xynova: private. Tesollo is named in 21 signals and Xynova in 2.
Xynova ranks 30 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 72; Tesollo ranks 40 with 66. Tesollo is ahead on deployment. Xynova is ahead on progress, positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on production, commercials and technology. Tesollo is based in South Korea, Xynova in Hangzhou, China. Xynova: private. Tesollo is named in 21 signals and Xynova in 2. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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