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Shadow Dexterous Hand

Shadow Robot Company designs and manufactures the Shadow Dexterous Hand, an anthropomorphic robotic hand with 24 joints and 20 degrees of freedom that closely…

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Manufacturer
Shadow Robot Company
Form factor
manipulator
Lifecycle
active
Website
shadowrobot.com ↗

Verified profile

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Overview

Shadow Robot Company designs and manufactures the Shadow Dexterous Hand, an anthropomorphic robotic hand with 24 joints and 20 degrees of freedom that closely mimics human hand kinematics. The hand is widely used in academic and industrial research for manipulation, teleoperation, and machine-learning applications. It is available in electric tendon-actuated and pneumatic configurations.

Verified vs. claimed

Verified deployments
None on file
Sources on file
1 source, view all

Safety record

No incidents on record for Shadow Dexterous Hand.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (1)

  1. Shadow Dexterous Hand — Shadow Robot Company · https://www.shadowrobot.com/products/dexterous-hand/

Common questions

What is Shadow Dexterous Hand?
Shadow Robot Company designs and manufactures the Shadow Dexterous Hand, an anthropomorphic robotic hand with 24 joints and 20 degrees of freedom that closely mimics human hand kinematics. The hand is widely used in academic and industrial research for manipulation, teleoperation, and machine-learning applications. It is available in electric tendon-actuated and pneumatic configurations.
Who makes Shadow Dexterous Hand?
Shadow Dexterous Hand is made by Shadow Robot Company, based in London, UK, founded in 1987.
Where is Shadow Dexterous Hand deployed?
No verified deployments of Shadow Dexterous Hand are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is Shadow Dexterous Hand safe?
Shadow Dexterous Hand has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-28

Maturity + lifecycle

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: manipulator

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Recent coverage

Shadow Dexterous Hand in third-party press

Humanoid Robots: Who’s leading the field in Europe? - National Technology News

Apr 8, 2025

‘It’s the robot we were all expecting – like C3PO’: why aren’t humanoids in our homes yet? - The Guardian

Sep 22, 2024

The New Shadow Hand Can Take a Beating - IEEE Spectrum

May 10, 2024