▌ Machine ModuleTitan 1T3F — Manipulator

One thumb. Three fingers.
Every machine you build.

A field-serviceable manipulator that mounts onto Titan 0000, Titan 88, Titan 1111, or any third-party arm with an ISO-9409 flange. Mechanically capped grip force, multi-modal contact, drone-grade payload — engineered around what Titan Core OS actually needs to drive.

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Active DOF

Five motors driving four digits — one thumb, three fingers, underactuated

80 / 200 N
Grip Force

Mechanically capped per finger — the ceiling is geometry, not software

<1 W
Sustained Hold

Brake-locked grip at near-zero power — indefinite hold, any platform

≤850 g
Hand Mass

Wrist-mounted actuation keeps the fingertip light — drone-grade payload

§ 01Capabilities

Built to do the work, not to impress the lab.

01

Force ceiling enforced by physics

Grip force is bounded by spring geometry, not firmware. The ceiling — 80 N per finger on the Safe variant, 200 N on Industrial — is a property of the mechanism. ISO/TS 15066 compliant by construction. The safety claim survives every software state.

02

Three contact modes, one end-effector

Electric tendon for primary grasp. Pneumatic air-puff for non-contact button press. Palm vacuum for small-object lift. Titan Core OS selects the physical principle per task. Air is supplied platform-side — passive cartridge on aerial, compressor or shop air on ground.

03

Adaptive grasp without programming

A single command closes the hand; each finger conforms to the object passively through tuned tendon pulleys at every joint. Six of the eight cataloged grasp primitives — pinch, tripod, hook, power, lateral, palmar — covered without per-object planning.

04

Indefinite hold at zero watts

An electromagnetic brake engages on the capstan after two seconds of stable grip. The motor powers off; the grip holds mechanically. Battery-powered platforms can grip a tool, a railing, or a payload for an hour without measurable power draw.

05

Per-unit calibration, precision-grade output

Every hand ships with a firmware calibration table — spring rates, motor constants, joint friction, tendon stretch — measured at end-of-line. Titan Core OS compensates for the variation in real time. The output is precision; the cost is not.

06

Field-replaceable everything

Tendons swap in under fifteen minutes. Springs in under five. Silicone fingertip pads in under two. Motor and brake modules pull from the wrist housing as sealed cartridges. Operations don't stop for service.

§ 02Architecture

Five motors. One brake stack. One spring per finger.

Actuation lives in the wrist housing — out of the fingertip, off the inertia budget, into a serviceable cartridge. Tendons run through Bowden sheaths to each finger. Series-elastic springs sit in the force chain as the mechanical ceiling. Electromagnetic brakes hold grip indefinitely at zero power.

ABCDERGBToFIMUVAC+M1M2M3M4M5brakesBLDC ×5ISO-9409-1-50-4-M6180 mm95 mm88 mm96 mm182 mm123456▌ COMPONENT KEY1THUMB2 DOF · oppose + flex2INDEX1 DOF + air-puff nozzle3MIDDLE1 DOF · underactuated4RING1 DOF · underactuated5PALMRGB · ToF · IMU · vacuum6WRIST5× BLDC · 5× brake · F/T▌ NOTES1 ALL DIM. IN MILLIMETERS2 ENGINEERING TARGETS · NOT FINAL3 MOUNT: ISO-9409-1-50-4-M6TITAN AI1T3F MANIPULATOR · PALMAR VIEWDWGT1T3F-001REVASCALEREFDATE2026.05▌ FIG. 01 · SHEET 1 OF 3
ABCDEMCPPIPDIPWRIST HOUSING · MOTOR 1 OF 5BLDCGBXcapstanBRAKESEA SPRING — FORCE CEILING 80 / 200 N42 mm30 mm23 mm95 mm123456▌ COMPONENT KEY · SECTION A-A1FLEXOR TENDONDyneema UHMWPE · 0.8 mm dia.2JOINT PULLEYTuned diameter at MCP/PIP/DIP3EXTENSION SPRINGDorsal return · 2.5 N/mm4SILICONE PADShore 40A · pressure distribution5BOWDEN SHEATHPTFE-lined · low-friction routing6WRIST HOUSINGBLDC + gearbox + capstan + brake▌ NOTES1 ALL DIM. IN MILLIMETERS2 ONE OF 5 ACTUATED FINGERS SHOWN3 THUMB: TWO MOTORS (OPPOSE + FLEX)4 SEA SPRING SETS PHYSICAL FORCE CEILING · PRE-CONTACT5 TARGET LIFE: 500K CYCLES MIN6 ENGINEERING TARGETS · NOT FINALTITAN AI · 1T3F · FINGER SECTION A-ADWGT1T3F-002REVASCALEREFDATE2026.05▌ FIG. 02 · SHEET 2 OF 3
ABCDE▌ STATE▌ POWER ENVELOPEIDLEOPEN0 WCLOSINGramppeak 30 WACTIVE HOLD0 – 2 s~10 W / fingerBRAKE HOLD≥ 2 s · ∞0 WRELEASINGopen~5 W briefclose cmdcontactstable >2srelease cmdspring returns to open · cycle30W0Wheld at 0 W · indefinite▌ NOTES1 POWER FIGURES PER FINGER2 HOLD CURRENT ≤ 1.5 A @ 24 V3 CLOSE 0 → CONTACT ≤ 300 ms4 BRAKE ENGAGE ≤ 2 s STABLE5 RELEASE LATENCY ≤ 200 ms6 BRAKE HOLD TOTAL: < 1 W7 SKU-S: BRAKE FAILS OPEN8 SKU-I: BRAKE FAILS CLOSED9 ENGINEERING TARGETS · NOT FINALTITAN AI · 1T3F · GRIP STATEDWGT1T3F-003REVASCALENTSDATE2026.05▌ FIG. 03 · SHEET 3 OF 3
▌ Fig. 4 — Actuation Stack
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ TITAN CORE OS (host arm)                                          │
│ Manipulation runtime · grasp planner · contact estimator (vision) │
└───────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────┘
                                │ Ethernet 1 Gb or CAN-FD 1 Mbps
                                ↓
┌───────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────┐
│ HAND CONTROLLER MCU (wrist housing)                               │
│ 1 kHz control · SEA force estimation · brake logic · calibration  │
└──┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬───────────────────┘
   ↓          ↓          ↓          ↓          ↓
 Motor 1    Motor 2    Motor 3    Motor 4    Motor 5
 Thumb      Thumb      Index      Middle     Ring
 oppose     flex
   ↓          ↓          ↓          ↓          ↓
 Brake      Brake      Brake      Brake      Brake
   ↓          ↓          ↓          ↓          ↓
 Capstan    Capstan    Capstan    Capstan    Capstan
   ↓          ↓          ↓          ↓          ↓
 Tendon     Tendon     Tendon     Tendon     Tendon
   ↓          ↓          ↓          ↓          ↓
              SEA SPRING (mechanical force ceiling)
              80 N · Safe         200 N · Industrial
   ↓          ↓          ↓          ↓          ↓
              OBJECT CONTACT (silicone pad)
▌ Fig. 5 — Force Chain
Motor torque
     │
     ↓ gearbox (~100:1)
     │
     ↓ capstan (torque → cable tension)
     │
     ↓ Dyneema tendon
     │
     ↓ SEA spring  ◀──── force ceiling, geometric not algorithmic
     │
     ↓ pulleys at MCP / PIP / DIP
     │
     ↓ silicone pad (pressure distribution)
     │
     ↓ object

The ceiling survives:
  · firmware revision
  · controller fault
  · sensor failure
  · communication loss
§ 03Variants

Two grades. One pneumatic option. One hand.

Safe

1T3F-S

Force ceiling
80 N per finger
Power-loss behavior
Opens on power loss
Designed for
Human-adjacent operation · indoor patrol · last-mile delivery · interior defense clearance
Industrial

1T3F-I

Force ceiling
200 N per finger
Power-loss behavior
Holds on power loss
Designed for
Tool handling · construction · field intervention · sustained industrial duty
Pneumatic Augmented

1T3F+

Force ceiling
Either grade
Power-loss behavior
Per parent variant
Designed for
Adds index air-puff · palm vacuum · variable-stiffness fingertips. Requires platform air supply.
§ 04Platforms

One flange. Every Titan. And the rest of the industry.

PlatformForm1T3F-S1T3F-IPneumatic option
Titan 0000WheeledPassive cartridge or onboard compressor
Titan 88AerialPassive cartridge — drone-grade air supply
Titan 1111LeggedPassive cartridge or onboard compressor
Third-party armISO-9409Customer-supplied
§ §Our Perspective

Hardware enforces the safety floor.
Software earns the ceiling.

Complexity is often mistaken for capability. Titan 1T3F takes a different line. Vision does the contact estimation; calibration absorbs the tolerances; a small mechanical brake replaces continuous motor torque. What Titan Core OS delivers in software, the hardware doesn't have to carry. The mechanism stays light, serviceable, and ready for the field — the autonomy does the rest.

Titan 1T3F is currently in active design. Specifications reflect engineering targets and may evolve as prototyping advances.

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