Boston Dynamics' four-finger hand praised: balancing capability and simplicity
MarwaEldiwiny · x · 2026-10-01
A new hand design by Boston Dynamics is drawing praise. Vikram Oavabte, co-founder of Tacta Systems, has emphasized that many tasks only need three fingers — making this four-finger architecture, in the author's view, a best-of-both-worlds approach.
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