Inside RoboStrategy $BOT's robotics research with Scott Walter, PhD @GoingBallistic5 Tesla, Figure and the robot hand fight. “If they exist, where are they?” Scott breaks down Tesla Optimus (@Tesla_Optimus), Figure (@Figure_robot), 1X (@1X_tech), Wuji (@Wuji_global) and Sharpa Wave (@SharpaRobotics), then goes to the design extremes: a braided hand, up to 120 tendons, and a hydraulic manipulation system built outside the humanoid. “They both have their pros and cons. They both have the big engineering challenges in what they're trying to do.” We cover: › Tesla and Figure's opposing paths through tendons › Why a wrist makes cable routing much harder › @AllonicRobotics, @DaxoRobotics and @TactaSystems at the design extremes › A decathlon for humanoids › Why robot runners may stop looking human › General-purpose bodies and specialized workers TIMESTAMPS 00:00 The labor prize and the 5-year forecast 00:24 The Fermi paradox of robotic hands 01:18 Tesla, Figure and the tendon debate 05:10 Bowden tubes and wrist routing 11:15 Joints, actuators and real control 14:38 Why the pinky matters 17:23 Humanoid Games as engineering experiments 21:57 The humanoid decathlon challenge 26:28 Tesla's abandoned hand iterations 27:55 Wuji and Sharpa Wave 38:29 Three extreme hand designs 38:53 Allonic's braided structure 51:15 Daxo and up to 120 tendons 01:02:36 Tacta's worker data 01:05:18 A hand system outside the humanoid 01:13:12 Data-center cable insertion 01:16:22 General bodies, specialized work 01:19:18 Why this 5-year forecast may be different

The humanoid race is moving way faster than most people realize. Tesla Optimus. Figure. 1X NEO. We went with Scott Walter (@GoingBallistic5) deep on what is actually happening behind the demos. 00:00 The humanoid race 02:57 What makes a humanoid actually useful? 06:05 Robots are entering the real world 08:45 Tesla Optimus vs the competition 11:59 How humanoid robots are built 14:50 Scaling production 17:57 When humanoids enter everyday life 21:10 Why autonomous robotics is still hard 24:00 The upcoming 1X NEO release 25:00 The humanoid hand race 25:56 1X vs Tesla hand design 29:56 Tendons vs direct-drive actuators 39:04 Which hand design actually works best? 43:07 Figure vs 1X vs Tesla 49:28 The race to mass production 56:35 Tesla, Figure and the robotics hype cycle 1:01:55 The next wave of robotics companies 1:09:35 What happens next in humanoid robotics

Introducing Digit 5. Agility’s next-generation humanoid, engineered for cooperatively safe work at scale, allowing it to work in close proximity to people without the physical safety barriers required by traditional automation. Explore Digit 5: Watch the full video: