OpenAI Robot Hand: Today Rubik’s Cube, Tomorrow the Real World? | Synced

We’ve lost the brain race, but humans still have unmatched dexterity, right? Wrong. OpenAI’s humanlike five-fingered gripper Dactyl just single-handedly solved a Rubik’s cube.

By Ember Recon · March 16, 2026 · 1 min read

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We’ve lost the brain race, but humans still have unmatched dexterity, right? Wrong. OpenAI’s humanlike five-fingered gripper Dactyl just single-handedly solved a Rubik’s cube.