Introducing NEO’s 25 Degrees of Freedom, tendon-driven hands — nearing or surpassing human-level dexterity, strength, speed, and reliability.
For seventy years, robotics worked around the hand problem. The humanoid bet is the reverse: it lives or dies at the fingertips.
Until now the humanoid race has mostly looked American Chinese and Japanese:
• Tesla Optimus
• Figure 03
• Boston Dynamics Atlas
• Unitree G1
• UBTECH Walker S
• AgiBot A2
• Toyota T-HR3
But many people completely forgot France.
This is Calvin-40 a French industrial humanoid developed by Wandercraft with Renault Group.
It is not built for a stage demo. It is built for factory work.
Calvin can walk carry heavy loads and adapt to its environment. Renault says it is being tested at the Douai factory, where it grabs tires two at a time, around 30 kg per trip. Its platform uses IMUs in the limbs, force sensors under the feet and an RGB-D camera to see the workspace.
Wandercraft describes Calvin-40 as the first humanoid designed for both heavy-load handling and precision tasks with a Europe-secured supply chain.
France has a humanoid too.
It just looks more industrial than flashy.