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Origami Robotics co-founder Quanting Xie has raised concerns about the industry's dependence on high-ratio gearboxes, which he claims hinder the development of human-level manipulation. In a blog post titled 'The Dexterity Deadlock,' Xie argues that these gearboxes introduce significant failures in...
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich have unveiled a groundbreaking DNA origami switch that can undergo more than 190,000 state transitions while maintaining an impressive efficiency of 94%. This innovative nanoscale device operates effectively under electric fields and is capable of re...
Origami Robotics has released a technical critique highlighting that high-ratio gearboxes are a significant barrier to achieving greater dexterity in robotics. This assertion has led to an unusual hardware disclosure from Bernt Børnich, the CEO of 1X, who responded to the critique. The discussion su...
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