CONTINUOUS-DUTY TENDON LIFETIME ARCHITECTURE v1.0 UHMWPE Transmission for Palm-Actuated Humanoid Hands: Creep, Fatigue, Thermal Drift, and Retensioning-Free Operation Under Industrial Load

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Main Author: Mitchell , Thomas S.
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contents <p>This technical report defines a continuous-duty tendon transmission architecture for humanoid hands and a garage-replicable validation protocol for lifetime, creep, fatigue, and thermal drift. Using UHMWPE as an industrial baseline, the work establishes explicit TRL pass/fail criteria: ≥10⁷ actuation cycles, <2 % length drift, zero retensioning, and thermally stable operation. The architecture is mechanically compatible with palm-centralized actuation, fluid-tendon cooling, and passive finger structures and is field-serviceable without distal disassembly. The protocol provides a standardized benchmark for current humanoid systems and a direct evaluation path for future high-performance tendon materials.</p>
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spellingShingle CONTINUOUS-DUTY TENDON LIFETIME ARCHITECTURE v1.0 UHMWPE Transmission for Palm-Actuated Humanoid Hands: Creep, Fatigue, Thermal Drift, and Retensioning-Free Operation Under Industrial Load
Mitchell , Thomas S.
humanoid robotics tendon-driven actuation UHMWPE tendon continuous-duty lifetime creep and fatigue transmission calibration stability palm-actuated hand architecture field-serviceable robotics industrial manipulation reliability TRL validation protocol
<p>This technical report defines a continuous-duty tendon transmission architecture for humanoid hands and a garage-replicable validation protocol for lifetime, creep, fatigue, and thermal drift. Using UHMWPE as an industrial baseline, the work establishes explicit TRL pass/fail criteria: ≥10⁷ actuation cycles, <2 % length drift, zero retensioning, and thermally stable operation. The architecture is mechanically compatible with palm-centralized actuation, fluid-tendon cooling, and passive finger structures and is field-serviceable without distal disassembly. The protocol provides a standardized benchmark for current humanoid systems and a direct evaluation path for future high-performance tendon materials.</p>
title CONTINUOUS-DUTY TENDON LIFETIME ARCHITECTURE v1.0 UHMWPE Transmission for Palm-Actuated Humanoid Hands: Creep, Fatigue, Thermal Drift, and Retensioning-Free Operation Under Industrial Load
topic humanoid robotics tendon-driven actuation UHMWPE tendon continuous-duty lifetime creep and fatigue transmission calibration stability palm-actuated hand architecture field-serviceable robotics industrial manipulation reliability TRL validation protocol
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18665441