Elon Musk on why the hand is the hardest part of building Optimus:
"The hands in Optimus are half or more than half of the electromechanical problem, and the entire rest of the body is a half."
Almost all the muscles that move your fingers sit in your forearm and pull through tendons. As Elon put it, "your hand is being operated like a marionette from your forearm."
Building a humanoid robot means rebuilding that.
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