Robot hand designers say the pinky matters more than the thumb for grip strength
imankitgoyal · x · 2026-07-24
A humanoid-hand team shared a small but telling design detail from a visit with The Humanoid Hub: the thumb is not the most important finger for grip strength.
They say the pinky matters more, and that kind of insight shapes how they design hands that actually behave like human hands rather than generic grippers.
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