Sony has filed a US patent application for a robotic hand featuring a human-like opposable thumb, providing another intriguing indication of the electronics giant’s continuing research into humanoid and embodied robotics.
The application, US 2026/0225261 A1, was published by the US Patent and Trademark Office on August 6 and describes a robot hand designed to reproduce some of the movements that make the human thumb so important for manipulating objects.
The filing was brought to the attention of Robotics & Automation News by patent intelligence publication Patentlyze, which has published an analysis of the application. [Read more…] about Sony robot hand patent hints at renewed interest in humanoid robotics