aceChina wants to solve the hardest problem in robotics – making hands
Human hands – nimble, nerve-filled appendages that are the most flexible part of the human skeleton – are exceptionally complex. Many tasks that most people can do largely without thinking, from tying a pair of shoelaces to buttoning up a shirt, in fact require a complex set of neurological instructions and precise choreography. In thousands of years of human history, no machine has been able to truly replicate human’s greatest tool. But now, as artificial intelligence (AI) races forwards, some companies think t…
Chinese start-ups are mass-producing dextrous robotic hands using China's EV and manufacturing supply chain, aiming to make humanoid robots useful for household tasks and to provide low-cost prosthetic hands for amputees.
Control software and tactile data collection for dextrous manipulation remain unsolved, so true multipurpose humanoids are not yet viable despite hardware progress.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-07-06
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