From the May 6^th to 10^th in Karlsruhe, Germany, Shadow will exhibiting at ICRA 2013. We will be showcasing the Shadow Dexterous Hand and our new product: RoNeX.

Ugo & Toni from our software team will also be at ROS Con 2013 in Stuttgart and will be giving a lightning talk about RoNeX – if you’re interested in this upcoming product or how we use ROS with our Dexterous Hand, that’ll be a great opportunity to find out more.

Shadow were in Lyon, France for Innorobo 2013, where the Shadow Hand was filmed and later showcased on French channel 3. Innorobo was great and we had a big response to RoNeX. Thanks to all of those who dropped by. Here’s a video of our booth and the card trick again.

See Us At InnoRobo and ERF 2013, Lyon

From the 19-21 March in Lyon, France, Shadow will exhibiting at InnoRobo and attending the European Robotics Forum. We will be showcasing the Shadow Dexterous Hand and our new product: RoNeX.

The University of Hamburg, Shadow & the UK’s Health Protection Agency are jointly developing robotics for autonomous operation in hazardous bacteriological and chemical laboratories.

The research is funded by ECHORD, an FP7 project.

The project has made great progress with performing complex tasks and handling small, delicate objects; take a look at the video for the latest results!

Yesterday saw the unveiling of a “Bionic Man” showcasing the cutting-edge in prosthetic and organ replacement technologies.

Shadow was the technical consultant for the project, responsible for designing the “Bionic Man” and the integration of parts from high-end manufacturers. The latest vision recognition algorithms from Shadow’s research projects were used, allowing the “Bionic Man” to locate, move to and grasp objects.

Read more about the “Bionic Man” at the Telegraph, Guardian,  Wired or watch him on Channel 4 on February 7th.

After the episode is aired the “Bionic Man” will be unveiled as an exhibit at London’s Science Museum.

BBC News interviewed Rich Walker, MD, and Prof Alexander Seifalian on the bionic man – watch the interview here.

(Updated 2013-02-18: “REX” is the name of the exoskeleton produced by REX Bionics Ltd – not the “Bionic Man”)

Native ROS compatibility makes the Dexterous Hand a natural fit for various robots & platforms such as the PR2 that also use ROS.

You can see the results on the Channel 4 website here:

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/stephen-fry-gadget-man/4od#3446610

Modelled on the dimensions of Shadow Snr Engineer Hugo Elias’ hand.

Willow Garage have put together a video of robots using ROS to mark its 5th birthday which can be found below. Look out for a shot of our hand and arm system in the HANDLE project at 1:40.

Shadow Hand on iPad app

The new Robots for iPad app from IEEE Spectrum magazine was released this week and features the Shadow Dexterous Hand as one of its 126 robotics projects from around the world. As well as info about the hand the app also includes a special 360 degree view of the hardware.   Check it out here.