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Stephen Fry Gadget Man

The Shadow Hand recently featured as part of a robotic version of Stephen Fry in his new show Stephen Fry: Gadget man! …

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5 Years of ROS

Willow Garage’s Robot Operating System, which turns 5 this month is growing more popular year upon year. Shadow use ROS in both …

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Robots on iPad

The new Robots for iPad app from IEEE Spectrum magazine was released this week and features the Shadow Dexterous Hand as one …

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ESA Dexterous Project Milestone

Shadow engineers this week demonstrated and delivered a Shadow Dexterous Hand at the ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre in Noordwijk, …

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BioTac Sensors

Syntouch LLC, makers of the (Shadow Hand compatible) BioTac tactile sensor, have published a study in Frontiers in Neurorobotics showing just what …

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EtherCAT Hand Released

The new EtherCAT Dual CAN (EDC) hand sees a sizeable increase in performance for the world leading Shadow Dexterous Hand, including up …

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Shadow ROS Interface Released

The Shadow ROS interface provides an interface to both simulated and real Hardware. It uses ROS to give the user an easy …

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NASA Purchases Shadow Hand

NASA’s Robonaut project, based at the Johnson Space Center, places an order for a Shadow Dextrous Hand with tactile sensing. The Hand …