Robotiq opens pre-orders for a gripper that can feel what it holds
The 2FC adds tactile fingertips and wrist compute to Robotiq’s 2F design, and owners of the older 2F-85 and 2F-140 can fit the same parts instead of buying new
- Grip force: 0–235 N
- Payload: 5 kg or 2.5 kg, depending on the model
- Closing speed: 20–150 mm/s
- Launch webinar: 28 October 2026, 11am ET
- Robotiq founded: 2008
Firms already running Robotiq 2F grippers on cobot cells can add touch sensing to hardware they own, which turns a move to tactile grasping into a parts order rather than a cell redesign. Slip and grasp checks made on the gripper, rather than by cameras or fixed grip settings, bring soft, irregular and mixed items closer to what a standard pick cell can handle. Until Robotiq’s quotes are known, the cost gap between upgrading a 2F and buying a 2FC outright is an open question for buyers.
“When we built our first tactile sensors 12 years ago, the problem wasn’t sensing. The problem was what to do with all that information.”Samuel Bouchard, chief executive, Robotiq
Robotiq, the gripper maker based in Lévis, Quebec, opened pre-orders for its 2FC physical AI gripper on 21 October, with shipping due to begin in Q1 2027. It comes in 85 mm and 140 mm stroke versions. Robotiq lists no price on the 2FC product page, which asks buyers to request a quote.
The 2FC is built on Robotiq’s 2F adaptive gripper, which the company says has more than 30,000 units deployed worldwide. It adds tactile fingertips, onboard compute at the wrist that Robotiq calls the AI Hub, and Contact Core, the company’s software for running grasp skills on the gripper. Its tactile fingertips read pressure across 28 sensing points, or taxels, and the gripper samples at 1,000 Hz, according to the product page. A single Ethernet cable carries power and data.
Contact Core currently handles grasp quality assessment, slip detection, object pose estimation and object centering on the gripper itself, according to the launch announcement. Robotiq says the 2FC is rated for 2 million cycles, and a ROS 2 package and C++ SDK are due on its GitHub.
Owners of the existing 2F-85 and 2F-140 can upgrade in the field by fitting Robotiq’s TSF tactile sensors and the AI Hub. The product page says the tool center point stays the same after the upgrade. It names Franka Robotics, Sereact, Skild AI and fruitcore robotics among the companies whose robots or AI systems run on 2F grippers.
Sources
- Robotiq, “Robotiq launches the 2FC physical AI gripper”, press release, Lévis, Quebec, 21 October 2026 (via Robotics Tomorrow). https://www.roboticstomorrow.com/news/2026/10/21/robotiq-launches-the-2fc-physical-ai-gripper-/27274/
- Robotiq, “Physical AI grippers”, 2FC product page, accessed 22 October 2026. https://robotiq.com/physical-ai-grippers
- Robotics & Automation News, “Robotiq launches the 2FC physical AI gripper”, 22 October 2026. https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/10/22/robotiq-launches-the-2fc-physical-ai-gripper/106191/
