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Wrist cameras

Small cameras fitted at a robot's wrists, looking at the hands. Nvidia says its reference humanoid on the Unitree H2 Plus has them for close-range handling. Neither Nvidia nor Unitree names the model.

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Model
not named by Nvidia or Unitree
On Unitree H2 Plus
wrist cameras for close-range handling

Source: Nvidia, NVIDIA Announces NVIDIA Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot for Academic Research (investor.nvidia.com)

Strengths and trade-offs

Our analysis

Strengths

A close, steady view of what the fingers are doing.

Still sees the object when the arm blocks the head cameras.

Small and cheap.

A common setup in robot research, so much published AI work expects it.

Trade-offs

Moves with the arm, so the view swings about.

Exposed to knocks at the end of the arm.

Unnamed, so their quality cannot be compared between robots.

Why robot makers choose it

Our read

Teaching a robot to handle objects works better when the AI can see the hand and the object close up. Wrist cameras are a cheap way to give it that view, and much robot learning research is built around them.

This is our reasoning from the public facts. No maker has confirmed it.

Robots using it

This list covers only the robots researched so far. A robot missing here may still use this part.

Numbers and listed prices on this page come from the sources shown. Anything marked as our analysis, our read or our estimate is our own view and has not been confirmed by any company. Last checked 14 Oct 2026. How we verify

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