Orca Hand forum hub

Orca Hand discussion on assembly, first calibration steps, and the build habits that reduce wasted debugging later.

Advanced Orca Hand discussion around tactile sensing direction, grasp failures, and what dexterous teams should preserve from contact-rich runs.

Discussion thread on Orca Hand teleoperation and retargeting workflow choices for dexterous robotics builders and researchers.

Orca Hand discussion on cable stretch, retensioning intervals, finger response drift, and maintenance practices for keeping motion consistent over time.

Orca Hand discussion on tactile baseline drift after rezero, changing contact thresholds, and how teams keep sensing stable across sessions.

Orca Hand discussion on contact thresholds, tactile triggers, slip detection, and grasp recovery strategies for difficult manipulation tasks.

Orca Hand discussion on demo object bins changing between sessions, contact threshold tuning feeling wrong, and how teams separate object-set changes from sensor...

Orca Hand discussion on finger closing order changing after retensioning, uneven response after maintenance, and how teams restore synchronized grasp behavior.

Orca Hand discussion on fingertip material wear, slip during grasps, surface maintenance, and how contact changes affect manipulation consistency.

Orca Hand discussion on grasp labels changing after fingertip material swaps, friction profile changes, and how teams protect dataset consistency after hardware u...

Orca Hand discussion on demo handoff checklists, avoiding stale threshold settings, and keeping the next operator from inheriting confusing sensor state.

Orca Hand retargeting discussion on glove mapping, motion latency, operator feel, and practical checks for teleoperation responsiveness.

Orca Hand discussion on retargeting profiles loading successfully while finger ranges still feel wrong, clamped motion, and how teams validate mapping after profi...

Orca Hand discussion on tactile sensor noise, filtering strategies, label quality, and how noisy contact signals affect datasets and policies.

Orca Hand discussion on sim-to-real profile mismatch, overclosing grasps in hardware, and validation checks before trusting real-world deployment.

Orca Hand discussion on intermittent tactile signals, connector issues, wiring checks, and how teams separate sensor faults from grasp dynamics.

Orca Hand discussion on tactile drivers loading while no channels appear, enumeration and wiring checks, and how builders separate software from hardware causes.

Orca Hand discussion on tendon routing, finger symmetry, cable tension balance, and basic assembly checks for stable motion.

Orca Hand discussion on thumb opposition calibration, grasp bias, asymmetric pinch behavior, and how teams restore stable multi-finger contact.

Orca Hand discussion on tactile boards still requiring sudo after udev rules are installed, permissions debugging, and reliable board access checks.

Orca Hand discussion on USB devices appearing while calibration tools still cannot see the tactile board, enumeration mismatches, and recovery steps.