# What is true on Hands? > Markdown twin of https://roboterminal.app/topics/hands · https://roboterminal.app/topics/hands.md ## On this layer - org — [1x](https://roboterminal.app/companies/1x) (2) - org — actuation cost (1) - org — AGIBOTofficial (1) - org — AGILINKai (1) - org — [Agility](https://roboterminal.app/companies/agility) (1) - org — Asimov (1) - org — BMWGroup (1) - org — Booster Robotics (1) - org — current humanoid BOM (1) - org — dextrous hands cost (1) - org — examples for adapting to new robotic embodiments. (1) - org — [Figure](https://roboterminal.app/companies/figure) (1) - org — Figure_robot (1) - org — Founder Edition Lumis (1) - org — gold medals won at the World Humanoid Robot Games (1) - org — [Google DeepMind](https://roboterminal.app/companies/google) (1) - org — hand durability past a few thousand grasp cycles. (1) - org — Lightberry (1) - org — LimX Dynamics (1) - org — ManusMeta (1) - org — McKinsey (1) - org — mechanical integration of motors in robotic hands (1) - regulator — meti (1) - org — microduck (1) - regulator — nedo (1) - org — NIST (1) - org — NVIDIARobotics (1) - org — Origami Robotics (1) - org — performance requirements for humanoid robotic hands (1) - org — Sanctuary AI (1) - org — sensing cost (1) - plant — sf (1) - org — structure cost (1) - org — [Tesla](https://roboterminal.app/companies/tesla) (1) - org — TheSanctuaryAI (1) - org — TRON 2 (1) - org — [Unitree G1 pricing](https://roboterminal.app/companies/unitree) (1) - org — UnitreeRobotics (1) - org — X Square Robot (1) - org — Y Combinator (1) - org — ZiNovaLabs (1) ## Who captures - @smsehy (2) - @ErenChenAI (1) - Agility (1) - Tesla (1) - Sanctuary AI (1) - @johnkoetsier (1) - X Square Robot (1) - ZiNovaLabs (1) - Asimov (1) - 1X (1) - @altantutar (1) - Booster Robotics (1) - TheSanctuaryAI (1) - @techniahqrobot (1) - @TheSanctuaryAI (1) - AGIBOTofficial (1) - @lightberry (1) - Lightberry (1) - UnitreeRobotics (1) - @ricci_nov (1) - @ParadisLabs (1) - McKinsey (1) - Google DeepMind (1) - Origami Robotics (1) ## Sourced numbers - **TRON 2:** 1 units - _"TRON 2 serves as a modular and extensible embodied robotic platform for multi-tool, multi-step tasks across large workspaces."_ - Source: [LimX Dynamics on X: "Together with ZINOVA's Tool Intelligence, TRON 2 takes on increasingly complex construction workflows. @ZiNovaLabs builds on TRON 2 to explore an innovative robotic configuration for construction, demonstrating key tasks in a scaled-down tilt-up construction workflow, includi… / X](https://x.com/chris_j_paxton/status/2095114381818253768) - **microduck:** 0 units - _"the tasks that you can teach to a microduck is limited"_ - Source: [@altantutar on X](https://x.com/altantutar/status/2094061235683676435) - **mechanical integration of motors in robotic hands:** 0 units - _"Compact frameless motors can be integrated directly into dexterous robotic hands to drive finger and joint movement while keeping the mechanism extremely compact."_ - Source: [@techniahqrobot on X](https://x.com/techniahqrobot/status/2093518320653750308) - **performance requirements for humanoid robotic hands:** 0 units - _"For humanoid robots, hand performance will depend heavily on this kind of engineering high torque, precise control and more actuators packed into very limited space."_ - Source: [@techniahqrobot on X](https://x.com/techniahqrobot/status/2093518320653750308) - **gold medals won at the World Humanoid Robot Games:** 18 units - _"Congratulations to our partner @AGIBOTofficial on winning 18 gold medals and topping the medal table at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games."_ - Source: [MANUS™ on X: "Gold medals at the World Humanoid Robot Games! 🏆 Congratulations to our partner @AGIBOTofficial on winning 18 gold medals and topping the medal table at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games. Using @ManusMeta gloves for real-time teleoperation, the team's @AGILINKai OmniHand took first… / X](https://x.com/chris_j_paxton/status/2092967493618835900) - **Founder Edition Lumis:** 100 units - _"We’re making 100 Founder Edition Lumis, and will start shipping in 2026."_ - Source: [Lightberry on X: "MEET LUMI THE WORLD'S MOST INTERACTIVE ROBOT Assembled in SF, shipping in 2026 💛" / X](https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2092678508329988480) - **Unitree G1 pricing:** $13.5K - _"Unitree G1 Price from $13.5K."_ - Source: [@UnitreeStore_SH on X](https://x.com/UnitreeStore_SH/status/2092555273936503147) - **hand durability past a few thousand grasp cycles.:** 3,000 units - _"the wrist is what wears out first."_ - Source: [@ricci_nov on X](https://x.com/ricci_nov/status/2092422257175925195) - **current humanoid BOM:** ~$68k - _"Current humanoid BOM = ~$68k based on channel checks across 3 humanoid OEMs (UK and US). "_ - Source: [@ParadisLabs on X](https://x.com/ParadisLabs/status/2092314785798828322) - **actuation cost:** 33,800 units - _"- Actuation = 33.8% of current BOM"_ - Source: [@ParadisLabs on X](https://x.com/ParadisLabs/status/2092314785798828322) - **dextrous hands cost:** 30,300 units - _"- Dextrous hands = 30.3%"_ - Source: [@ParadisLabs on X](https://x.com/ParadisLabs/status/2092314785798828322) - **structure cost:** 7,600 units - _"- Structure = 7.6%"_ - Source: [@ParadisLabs on X](https://x.com/ParadisLabs/status/2092314785798828322) - **sensing cost:** 7,500 units - _"- Sensing = 7.5%"_ - Source: [@ParadisLabs on X](https://x.com/ParadisLabs/status/2092314785798828322) - **examples for adapting to new robotic embodiments.:** 200 units - _"we can now adapt to new bi-arm robot embodiments with just a few hours of adaptation time, typically with less than 200 examples."_ - Source: [Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots — Google DeepMind](https://x.com/SkillupAi/status/2093896499465945235) ## 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 … - [@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/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… - [@TheSanctuaryAI on X](https://x.com/TheSanctuaryAI/status/2095633436665073713) Curious how robots manipulate objects they can’t fully see? Sanctuary AI Co-Founder & Chief Engineering & Operations Officer Olivia Norton explains why touch and force feedback are critical for dexter… - [@johnkoetsier on X](https://x.com/johnkoetsier/status/2095414803195892134) Do you notice what they are NOT showing in this video? HANDS. Look, it's cool, I love it, I love the idea, & I think it'll find a niche. But HALF THE COMPLEXITY OF A ROBOT IS IN ITS HANDS. Hands a… - [@TheHumanoidHub on X](https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2095178516639969778) X Square Robot has introduced TwinDEX: a co-designed pair of three-finger, 9-DoF dexterous hands, one wearable for data collection, one matched robot end effector for deployment. The wearable and the … - [LimX Dynamics on X: "Together with ZINOVA's Tool Intelligence, TRON 2 takes on increasingly complex construction workflows. @ZiNovaLabs builds on TRON 2 to explore an innovative robotic configuration for construction, demonstrating key tasks in a scaled-down tilt-up construction workflow, includi… / X](https://x.com/chris_j_paxton/status/2095114381818253768) Post Log in Sign up Post LimX Dynamics on X: "Together with ZINOVA's Tool Intelligence, TRON 2 takes on increasingly complex construction workflows. @ZiNovaLabs builds on TRON 2 to explore an innovati… - [Asimov on X: "Day 341 of building Asimov, the most developer-friendly humanoid robot. Improving full-body teleoperation." / X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2094779426265592077) Post Log in Sign up Post Asimov on X: "Day 341 of building Asimov, the most developer-friendly humanoid robot. Improving full-body teleoperation." - Asimov @asimovinc Day 341 of building Asimov, the m… - [@QuasarShift on X](https://x.com/QuasarShift/status/2094235270107611180) 🚨 WHEN ENGINEERS ARE ALLOWED TO COOK - THIS ROBOT HAND HAS 22 DEGREES OF FREEDOM 1X's NEO humanoid hand, tendons moving like human muscles, picking up everything from eggs to tools 🤖✋ What most don'… - [@altantutar on X](https://x.com/altantutar/status/2094061235683676435) It turns out removing arms & hands completely gets us closer to the GPT moment for robotics! Obviously, the tasks that you can teach to a microduck is limited. But, one can't be more excited about how… - [@NewsHumanoid on X](https://x.com/NewsHumanoid/status/2094054630615322668) BOOSTER T2 showcases an impressive whole-body teleoperation platform, while also highlighting the humanoid’s dexterous hand capabilities. A strong glimpse into increasingly natural and precise human–r… - [John Koetsier on X: "What if you have ... - great physical AI - amazing hands But ... your humanoid robot isn't production ready? And ... you think industrial automation needs hands, arms, etc in addition to full humanoids? @TheSanctuaryAI decided to offer brains and hands, not just bodies." / X](https://x.com/johnkoetsier/status/2093766172290462033) Post Log in Sign up Post John Koetsier on X: "What if you have ... \- great physical AI \- amazing hands But ... your humanoid robot isn't production ready? And ... you think industrial automation nee… - [@techniahqrobot on X](https://x.com/techniahqrobot/status/2093518320653750308) This is what’s hiding inside the next generation of robotic hands. Compact frameless motors can be integrated directly into dexterous robotic hands to drive finger and joint movement while keeping the… - [@TheSanctuaryAI on X](https://x.com/TheSanctuaryAI/status/2093051990347776008) Robots Doing Stuff #64 | Delicate Object Handling Will you find crackers and grapes on the production floor? Probably not. But what you will find are tasks that require the manipulation of delicate, i… - [MANUS™ on X: "Gold medals at the World Humanoid Robot Games! 🏆 Congratulations to our partner @AGIBOTofficial on winning 18 gold medals and topping the medal table at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games. Using @ManusMeta gloves for real-time teleoperation, the team's @AGILINKai OmniHand took first… / X](https://x.com/chris_j_paxton/status/2092967493618835900) Post Log in Sign up Post MANUS™ on X: "Gold medals at the World Humanoid Robot Games! 🏆 Congratulations to our partner @AGIBOTofficial on winning 18 gold medals and topping the medal table at the 2nd… - [@lightberry on X](https://x.com/lightberry/status/2092670047357751765) Lumi is also the best humanoid for builders: 🤖 Head: shake, nod, tilt 👂 I/O: stereo cams, 360º mic array, loud speakers 👕 Body: G1-compatible 🧠 Compute: NVIDIA Thor 🖐️ Hands: parallel grippers - [Lightberry on X: "MEET LUMI THE WORLD'S MOST INTERACTIVE ROBOT Assembled in SF, shipping in 2026 💛" / X](https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2092678508329988480) Post Log in Sign up Post Lightberry on X: "MEET LUMI THE WORLD'S MOST INTERACTIVE ROBOT Assembled in SF, shipping in 2026 💛" - Lightberry @lightberry MEET LUMI THE WORLD'S MOST INTERACTIVE ROBOT Asse… - [@UnitreeStore_SH on X](https://x.com/UnitreeStore_SH/status/2092555273936503147) Unlock unlimited sports potential (Extra large joint movement space angle, 23~43 joints) Force control of dexterous hands, manipulation of all thingsImitation & reinforcement learning driven Robot wor… - [@ricci_nov on X](https://x.com/ricci_nov/status/2092422257175925195) @cb_doge Every humanoid demo is bottlenecked on the same three things, and none of them is the AI: actuator torque density, battery energy density, and hand durability past a few thousand grasp cycles… - [@ParadisLabs on X](https://x.com/ParadisLabs/status/2092314785798828322) Humanoid BOM model: Current humanoid BOM = ~$68k based on channel checks across 3 humanoid OEMs (UK and US). - Actuation = 33.8% of current BOM - Dextrous hands = 30.3% - Structure = 7.6% - Sensing = … - [@HumanoidAn on X](https://x.com/HumanoidAn/status/2092255099905270127) The biggest opportunity in humanoid robotics may not be building the robot itself. It may be solving the bottlenecks every robot company faces: cheaper actuators, dexterous hands, better training data… - [Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots — Google DeepMind](https://x.com/SkillupAi/status/2093896499465945235) Skip to main content July 30, 2026 Models Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots Carolina Parada Share Your browser does not support the video tag. From feet to fingertips — we are… - [Quanting Xie on X: "The full video of hand and glove co-design in action. For hand 🖐️ we try to make sure it's able to repeat what a human hand can do; hyperextension in the index finger is a great example here. Most robotic hands lack that, and it is very important for grasping objects securely… / X](https://x.com/betafundai/status/2092881498068464114) Post Log in Sign up Post Quanting Xie on X: "The full video of hand and glove co-design in action. For hand 🖐️ we try to make sure it's able to repeat what a human hand can do; hyperextension in the … --- Source: Roboterminal · https://roboterminal.app/topics/hands.md