# What is true on End Effectors?

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## On this layer

- org — [1x](https://roboterminal.app/companies/1x) (1)
- org — [Agility](https://roboterminal.app/companies/agility) (1)
- org — Festo (1)
- org — [Figure](https://roboterminal.app/companies/figure) (1)
- regulator — meti (1)
- regulator — nedo (1)
- org — [Tesla](https://roboterminal.app/companies/tesla) (1)

## Who captures

- @smsehy (3)
- @ErenChenAI (1)
- Agility (1)
- Festo (1)
- Tesla (1)

## Pulse

- [@ErenChenAI on X](https://x.com/ErenChenAI/status/2095911700415275378)
  WSGDOLL showcases its latest bionic hand with incredibly lifelike details, even the veins are clearly visible beneath the skin. https://t.co/5MOwLQiNfj
- [@CrossedOffCap on X](https://x.com/CrossedOffCap/status/2095901426320891985)
  “If I ask you which is harder — folding laundry or doing a backflip — most people will say folding laundry is way easier, but for humanoids, doing a task that we do in our daily lives is actually way …
- [@spaceandtech_ on X](https://x.com/spaceandtech_/status/2095872085025583611)
  What if a robot could grab objects like a chameleon catching a bug? Festo’s FlexShapeGripper uses compressed air, water and an elastic silicone cap that wraps around objects of different shapes. Unlik…
- [@BitsWattsDesk on X](https://x.com/BitsWattsDesk/status/2095852633496195313)
  The humanoid hand debate is focused on the wrong bottleneck. The usual argument is about where to put the motor. Tendon-driven hands keep the actuators upstream and pull the fingers with cables. Tesla…
- [@smsehy on X](https://x.com/smsehy/status/2095753525162901511)
  Open-source teleoperation arms running carbon-fiber reinforced structures dramatically lower the cost of gathering high-quality physical imitation datasets, accelerating policy training for industrial…
- [@smsehy on X](https://x.com/smsehy/status/2095712348833231332)
  Tactile dexterous hands provide high compliance, but deploying them into industrial assembly requires rigorous cycle testing to ensure flexible skin sensors and internal tendon cables survive harsh ab…
- [@smsehy on X](https://x.com/smsehy/status/2095710954361409749)
  The hand and forearm expose the real physical limits of miniature motor winding, high-ratio planetary gearing, and thermal dissipation inside a 25mm joint envelope. Volume manufacturing only works whe…

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Source: Roboterminal · https://roboterminal.app/topics/end-effectors.md