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“1X unveils NEO's new robotics hands”

\- 25 degrees of freedom: 22 fully actuated in the fingers and palm, plus 3 at the wrist. \- The DoF are distributed anatomically rather than evenly, deliberately biased toward a thumb that genuinely opposes the fingers. \- In-house tendon-driven, quasi-direct-drive running low gear ratios of \~5:1 to 15:1 vs the typical 100:1–200:1. \- Motors live in the forearm and pull tendons through the wrist. This keeps the hand light and its inertia low while producing high forces. Sensing \- All 25 DoF are natively force-controlled and fully backdrivable. Every joint doubles as a force sensor. \- Very important, closed-loop proprioception: it always knows its own pose and effort without looking. \- Tactile skin across the fingertips and surfaces measuring contact and shear. This helps with adaptive gripping in real time. Safety and durability \- IP68 waterproof and food-safe, so it can wash its own hands. \- Compliant by construction: the low gear ratios, tendon drive, and low distal inertia let external impacts safely backdrive the fingers. It yields when hit by a hammer or caught in a drawer. \- Full finger assemblies validated to millions of cycles. Manufacturing \- Deep vertical integration: in-house motors, custom electronics, and tendon systems. \- Hundreds built already, with capacity to produce 10,000 hands this year. from @TheHumanoidHub