1X NEO Hand

Canonical robot record

Overview

Announced July 9, 2026, NEO's Hands are 1X's 25-DoF, tendon-driven hands for the NEO humanoid platform. They run quasi-direct-drive tendons via the 1X Tendon Drive at low gear ratios of approximately 5:1 to 15:1; all 25 degrees of freedom (22 fully actuated DoF in the fingers and palm, plus 3 at the wrist) are natively force-controlled and fully backdrivable. Tactile sensing across the fingertips and surfaces measures normal force, contact location, and shear, letting NEO detect incipient slip.

1X quotes peak torques of 3.5 Nm at the thumb CMC and 2.6 Nm at the finger MCP joints, distal flexion forces up to 45 N, 17.75 Nm of wrist torque, and ±0.2 mm positioning accuracy. The hands are not a standalone product: per 1X, these are the hands that will ship on every NEO, whose public status is preorder.

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