Just saw something that actually feels like a real leap in robotics hardware.๐
@AllonicRobotics built a robot hand using 3D Tissue Braiding,basically weaving high-strength fibers around a minimal rigid skeleton the way human connective tissue wraps around bone.
No hundreds of screws, bearings, cables or fiddly joints.
Instead,a continuous automated process that creates the tendons, soft tissue & compliant structure all at once.
The outcome is wild:
ยปstrong yet naturally soft & safe for close human interaction
ยปsurprisingly dexterous
ยปproduced from digital designโphysical part in minutes
ยปcost drops so much that you could eventually swap end-effectors like disposable gloves
This is starting to feel like the moment robotic bodies get their own โ3D printing revolutionโ.
Hardware iteration speed finally approaching software speed.
If this scales, it could be one of the missing pieces that lets dexterous humanoid robots move from lab โ factories โ homes.
(Oh, and the company just raised $7.2M Pre-Seed,largest ever in Hungary. Budapest-based with US HQ. Led by Visionaries Club angels from OpenAI, Hugging Face, ETH Zurich, Northwestern etc.)
Prototype hand looks insane,the woven fiber texture is unreal.