Shadow Dexterous Hand

The Shadow Hand is the closest robot hand to the human hand available. It provides 24 movements, allowing a direct mapping from a human to the robot.

The Shadow Hand can be fitted with touch sensing on the fingertips, offering sensitivity sufficient to detect a single small coin.

The Shadow Dexterous Hand is an advanced robot hand system that reproduces all the movements of the human hand and provides comparable force output and sensitivity. This means it can pick up or handle small to medium sized objects and perform precision tasks, so robots using it can have the versatility of humans.

Remote system using the Shadow Hand technology will allow an operator to work in an inaccessible area. This could be a harmful environment where radiation, toxic chemicals or biological hazards are present. The Shadow Dexterous Hand can also allow specialists to be present, whenever needed, anywhere across the world, even in places where humans can not reach. This way machine repair could be done for example on drilling platforms, inside wind turbines etc. Also medical examination, education and training by experts could be done on long distance. Even bomb disposal could be done this way!

For more information, please visit http://www.shadowrobot.com.

For further queries contact:

Prateek Singh Rathore

Manager, Exhibitions

Techfest 2008

+91 98696 98752

prateek.singh[at]techfest[dot]org