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A tendon-driven hand hoists 55 pounds yet senses a tenth of a newton

development2026-07-20

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Mimic unveiled a tendon-driven hand with 21 joints that hoists 55 pounds yet senses 0.1 newtons, while Xiaomi released a robot foundation model that learns laundry loading from under ten hours of demonstrations.

Reported metric: 55 lb / 0.1 N

Reporting date: 2026-07-20 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to July 20, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A tendon-driven hand hoists 55 pounds yet senses a tenth of a newton
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Reporting date: 2026-07-20
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-07-20-a-hand-that-lifts-fifty-five-pounds-and-feels-a-tenth-of-a-newton
Claim: Mimic unveiled a tendon-driven hand with 21 joints that hoists 55 pounds yet senses 0.1 newtons, while Xiaomi released a robot foundation model that learns laundry loading from under ten hours of demonstrations.
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- Welcome to July 20, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-july-20-2026
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