Motorizing ball joints could dramatically simplify humanoid robots
_Stocko_ · x · 2026-11-16
Stocko argues that much of humanoid robotics complexity could be simplified if we could motorize a ball joint directly — a nod to how hard it is to drive spherical joints with single motors today.
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