TetherIA.ai
@TetherIA_ai
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At TetherIA, we’re building the next generation of robotic hands — designed for real-world dexterous manipulation with AI-based control
Santa Clara
Joined September 2025
��� We’re building the ultimate humanoid robot end-effector with AI-based control — but our tech can also be simplified and shared. Introducing Aero Hand Open 🖐️ — our open-source, underactuated robotic hand. Designed to be the most capable at the lowest cost, so anyone can join
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We spilled grapes and blueberries all over the desk… so the robotic hand had to clean it up 🍇🫐🤖 Small, slippery objects are a real dexterity challenge — but the tendon-driven hand picks them up one by one under webcam-based teleoperation. What should we try next? Drop your
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🚀 Big news! We just received two Aero Open Hands from @TetherIA_ai ! 🤖👐 Get ready—new hand-based benchmarks are coming soon to RoboChallenge. Can't wait to put these to the test! Stay tuned. 👀
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Teleoperated precision test 🤖🃏 Our robotic hand picked the top card from a deck — and placed it back cleanly. Fine grasping, controlled release, and stable motion… all through real-time teleoperation. 💻 GitHub: https://t.co/mT2UcSHjLw 🧩 CAD (Onshape):
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Pick-and-place teleoperation — cleaning up a messy desk, one object at a time 🤖🧹 Small items, large items, precise placement into a box. Our tendon-driven robotic hand adapts to different shapes with stable grasps and smooth release. What should we organize next? Drop your
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Building a cup tower with a tendon-driven robotic hand ☕🤖 Stable grasping, precise placement, controlled release — three layers up. What else do you want to see our hand try next? Drop your ideas in the comments 👇 🧩 CAD: https://t.co/pDKTPEGAgH 💻 GitHub:
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We ran a grasp endurance test on our open source dexterous hand 🦆🤖 This clip shows the first 10,000 cycles from a 72-hour test (250×). Throughout the run, the system stayed stable with no mechanical failures. The motor’s thermal protection triggered twice — a normal
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After extensive endurance testing, our tendon-driven dexterous hand kept performing flawlessly 🤖⚙️ Built for durability. Designed for research. And now — the CAD is fully open-source. 🧩 CAD (Onshape): https://t.co/pDKTPEGAgH 💻 GitHub: https://t.co/mT2UcSHjLw 🔗 Shop:
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We built a high-fidelity, cable-driven robotic hand in MuJoCo — accurately reproducing the full internal tendon system 🤖🧩 It’s now officially part of the MuJoCo Menagerie. On top of it, we developed a zero-shot RL training & real-world deployment pipeline based on MuJoCo
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An extended version of our previous teleoperation demo 👀🤖 Real-time webcam-based teleoperation — running on a single regular laptop 💻📷🤖 Our open-source robotic hand now shows finer thumb control and natural finger contact. No gloves. No special hardware. Just vision,
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Vision-based teleoperation 👀🤖 Our open-source robotic hand mirrors human motion in real time — fast, smooth, and precise. Watch every finger follow instantly ⚡ 👉 Try it yourself: 💻 GitHub: https://t.co/mT2UcSHjLw 🔗 Shop: https://t.co/SEBdqDXETY
#robotics #AI #opensource
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Our open-source robotic hand just won a thumb wrestling match 🤖💪 Human-like motion. Real-time control. A surprisingly competitive thumb 👍 Want to try it yourself? 👇 🔗 https://t.co/SEBdqDXETY 💻 https://t.co/mT2UcSHjLw
#robotics #AI #opensource #teleoperation
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No ghosts here — just Aero Hand Open coming to life this Halloween 🎃🤖 From all of us at TetherIA, stay spooky and stay curious 👻 Learn more about the hand: https://t.co/mT2UcSHjLw
#Halloween #robotics #opensource #EmbodiedAI #TetherIA #DexterousHand
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robot hand catches flying tennis ball open source $314 https://t.co/mT2UcSHjLw
#robotichand #opensourcehardware #aerohand
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🖐️ Big news from TetherIA! Our tendon-driven robotic hand platform Aero Hand Open is now fully open-sourced 🔥 💡 CAD + BOM ⚡ PCB designs 🧠 ROS2 packages for TeleOp & RL 🔧 Firmware + SDK 👉 https://t.co/yPo7dcJtBx Let’s make dexterous manipulation open for everyone.
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https://shop.tetheria.ai/. Contribute to TetherIA/aero-hand-open development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Our hand lifted a full 5-gallon water jug (~18 kg)! Meet Aero Hand Open — a $314 3D-printed, tendon-driven robotic hand designed for research and embodied AI. Lightweight, modular, and stronger than it looks. More Information 👇 🔗 Purchase Link: https://t.co/8GWzDuf139 📘
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shop: https://t.co/8GWzDuetdB repo: https://t.co/hE9kbnNyRa docs:
docs.tetheria.ai
Aero Hand Open
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We built a fully open-source dexterous robotic hand — for just $314. 🤖 Meet Aero Hand Open — precise, affordable, and built for embodied AI research. Watch it perform natural finger motions 👇 🔗 https://t.co/8GWzDuf139 📘 Docs: https://t.co/scOHRVWUmv 💻 GitHub:
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