Underactuated hand with cable-driven fingers — Tesla Patent
WO2024073138A1 · Tesla, Inc.
- Patent number
- WO2024073138A1
- Applicant
- Tesla, Inc.
- Filing date
- 2023-10-02
- CPC class
- B25J 15/02
- Pillar
- Muscle
A cable-driven underactuated finger architecture where a single actuator can drive multiple finger joints adaptively for grasping irregular objects with fewer motors.
Claims
Claims cover cable routing through finger pivots such that one actuator actuates multiple joints, with adaptive closure when contact is made with objects of varying geometry.
Technical analysis
Cable underactuation is classic dexterous-hand engineering (fewer actuators, more compliance). Tesla packaging this as a WO filing shows continuity with the later US end-effector application — a portfolio, not a one-off demo hand.
Commercial impact
Relevant to anyone evaluating Optimus hand maturity: patents cluster around cable underactuation and modular palms, not just marketing videos of egg-handling.
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