1X says its humanoid robot Neo's five-fingered hands have tendon-style actuators that give it 25 degrees of freedom of movement, nearly the same as a human hand (Boone Ashworth/Wired)
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Boone Ashworth / Wired: 1X says its humanoid robot Neo's five-fingered hands have tendon-style actuators that give it 25 degrees of freedom of movement, nearly the same as a human hand — The soft, weirdly sexualized home-chore robot has been given some very tactile hands. — Friendly home robots have been the dream of sci-fi for a long time.
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