Musk: the human hand is the hardest part of building Optimus
elonmusk · x · 2026-10-31
Elon Musk explains that building a humanoid robot made him appreciate how incredible human hands are — nearly all the muscles controlling the fingers sit in the forearm, "pulling your fingers like puppets," which is why the hand is the hardest part of Optimus to engineer.
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