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Honda has developed a four-fingered robotic hand capable of grasping a 1.6mm screw and lifting 5kg objects using fingertips, featuring a newly patented finger drive mechanism, with full-scale factory testing planned at its Yorii facility and commercialization targeted for the early 2030s.
Sanctuary AI has validated a 99.5% task success rate and 2.54-second cycle time on a wire-plugging task at a global Tier 1 automotive supplier’s live production line, as the company shifts strategy to deploy its physical AI on existing industrial robot platforms rather than waiting for humanoid commercialization.
Xiaomi’s humanoid robot demonstrated autonomous grasping of the 17T Pro smartphone and independent volume key operation at the company’s product launch event, following a major CyberOne bionic hand redesign that reduced volume by 60%, increased degrees of freedom by 64%, and expanded tactile sensor coverage to 8,200 square millimeters.
Genesis AI has unveiled GENE-26.5, a robotics foundation model paired with a human-scale robotic hand and a data-collection glove that enables 1:1 skill transfer from humans to robots, targeting complex…
Samsung has launched a dedicated robotics research group focused on developing advanced robotic hands, betting that dexterity will be the key to unlocking practical humanoid robots.
Tesla has teased a new generation of humanoid robot hands for Optimus, suggesting the company is focusing on improved dexterity as it develops its next iteration of the humanoid platform.