Hands

Following their viral "nut-spinning" demo, Kyber Labs has showcased a robotic hand performing complex wet lab tasks, signaling a shift toward deterministic, "primitive-based" AI for high-stakes laboratory automation.

MIT engineers have developed a wearable ultrasound wristband that tracks hand movements by imaging internal muscle and tendon activity, offering a potential solution to the data bottlenecks currently facing humanoid teleoperation.

Sharpa Robotics has unveiled a new hierarchical framework that combines shared-autonomy data collection with a "mixture-of-experts" AI model to achieve complex, contact-rich manipulation tasks.

A new technical critique from Origami Robotics argues that high-ratio gearboxes are the "foundational" bottleneck for robotic dexterity, prompting a rare hardware reveal from 1X CEO Bernt Børnich.

Figure CEO Brett Adcock has shared a sneak peek of the company’s 7th-generation robotic hand, showcasing advanced degrees of freedom including thumb rotation and finger abduction/adduction.