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