LinkerBot 是中国一家成立于 2023 年的灵巧机器手创企，由 Zhou Yong 创办并任 CTO。其产品有 5 根手指、至少 11 个关节，最低售价仅 600 美元；Zhou 预测 3 到 5 年内价格将降至 200 美元，并认为未来「平均每个人会拥有 10 台机器人」。公司主打在下棋、穿针、锁螺丝与组装电子元件等任务上的灵活性。

公司声称去年出货 10,000 只机器手，约占全球需求的 80%，客户包括研究机构、制造商与其他人形机器人公司。其融资已完成 13 个月内 6 轮，投资方包括中国政府、Alibaba 的 Ant Group 与 HongShan Capital；目前正以 60 亿美元估值寻求新一轮融资，较数月前翻倍，且据报正考虑香港上市。

Zhou 认为机器人产业会分三阶段扩张：先做表演、接待与情绪互动，再做饮料、烹饪、分拣包裹等狭义工作，最后进入家庭等复杂环境。LinkerBot 也把产品导向高阶制造，甚至用自家机器手在产线上制造更多机器手；在中国劳动力短缺与工厂自动化需求上升的背景下，Zhou 甚至预期机器人最终会比人类强 100 倍并取代人类，但不平等仍会存在。

LinkerBot, founded in 2023, is a Chinese startup led by Zhou Yong that focuses on dexterous robotic hands rather than full humanoid bodies. Its hands have five fingers and at least 11 joints, cost as little as $600, and may fall to $200 within three to five years. Zhou says the long-term aim is for households to own many robots, with an average of 10 robots per person.

The company claims it shipped 10,000 robotic hands last year, equal to 80 percent of global demand. It has raised six funding rounds in 13 months from backers including the Chinese government, Ant Group, and HongShan Capital, and is now seeking money at a $6 billion valuation, double its earlier figure. Bloomberg also reported it may pursue a Hong Kong IPO.

Zhou argues that humanoid robots will arrive in three stages: entertainment and greeting, then limited tasks like cooking and package sorting, and finally complex home deployment. LinkerBot is targeting advanced manufacturing and even uses its own hands on assembly lines. Zhou believes automation will help solve labor shortages and eventually make robots 100 times more capable than humans, though inequality would still remain.