The first robot to use chopsticks

And with a new type of social intelligence

And if I told you that a Chinese robot can not only run on rocky paths at almost 13 km per hour, but also knows how to steam dumplings, serve wine with elegance, even toast you and the most impressive thing is that it does so with the same refined movements that you use when you pick up a pair of chopsticks, your name is Star1, a 1.78 cm tall humanoid equipped with the revolutionary XH1 robotic hand, a system with 12 grams of freedom and five articulated fingers with touch sensors of very high precision.

The combination is so sophisticated that it allows robots to delicately manipulate foods like Chinese dumplings with the same care of a trained chef, each finger, each movement calculated to closely resemble the gestures of a human hand, only with constant performance and no margin for error.

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The Star1 impresses with its speed of response and refined control, it executes up to 10 clicks per second and is also compatible with Apple Vision Pro, which opens the doors to hybrid interactions between the physical and digital world, but the most curious thing is to see this technology being used not only in technical tasks, but also in symbolic and social gestures.

The Star1 robot serves wine, holds glasses and makes a toast as if it understood the human ritual behind the action, an interaction that goes beyond engineering, it touches something that borders on the emotional, Robotira's advances are not limited to the kitchen. The robbery also demonstrated its ability to move in extreme environments, running through the Gobi Desert with tennis shoes, even surpassing a barefoot humanoid rival. It maintained 12 km/h for 34 minutes on uneven terrain, something that few robberies in the world have seen they have achieved.

This combination of manual dexterity and bodily agility positions the Star1 as a multi-purpose tool for a variety of sectors from hospitality and gastronomy to the perception of human criminal suspects, but this increasing proximity between robots and human rituals raises inevitable questions.

When a machine manages not only to cook but also to participate in symbolic interactions, we are facing a simple innovation or a new type of social intelligence. Robotera's progress is impressive, but in a world where people are increasingly isolated in their virtual worlds, it also forces them to reflect on the limits of human substitution.