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Honda Dexterous Multi-fingered Hand
Honda’s human-scale robotic hand achieves dexterity, strength, and exceptional durability, enabling diverse tasks with over 450,000 high-load cycles
Human hands not only can grasp various objects, but also dexterously handle tools and apply strong forces with their fingertips to assemble or disassemble parts. By realizing such a robotic hand at a human-equivalent size, we aim to enable a single hand to perform the diverse tasks currently done by humans. Historically, robotic hands, when scaled down to human-like sizes, typically possess durability levels far below what could be considered practical. This hand is a multi-fingered design that simultaneously achieves dexterity, strength, and durability, with a cyclic endurance exceeding 450,000 cycles, including load patterns at maximum capacity.
