Shadow Dexterous Hand
Tendon-driven five-finger research hand with 20 actuated DOF across 24 joints
Price
Price not publicly disclosed
No defensible public pricing observation is documented yet.
Key facts
Values reflect the public record
- Height
- No public data documented
- Weight
- 4.3 kg (overall weight)Manufacturer confirmed
- Payload
- No public data documented
- Degrees of freedom
- No public data documented
- Runtime
- No public data documented
- Max speed
- No public data documented
Canonical robot record
Overview
The Shadow Dexterous Hand is a tendon-driven anthropomorphic robot hand with four fingers and a thumb. It contains 20 DC motors giving 20 actuated degrees of freedom, with a further 4 under-actuated movements for a total of 24 joints, including 2 extra DOF at the wrist. Each finger has independent side-to-side (abduct/adduct) motion.
The hand carries over 100 sensors running at up to 1 kHz over an EtherCAT-based 1 kHz control loop, including 40 tendon load sensors and an IMU, with Shadow Tactile Fingertips (STF) fitted as standard in some fingertips and upgradeable. It is fully ROS integrated and sold as a research and development platform; Shadow also lists 3-, 2- and 1-finger variants of the series.
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- Spec sources
- 1 linked
- Verification
- Verified · 8/8 specs source-verified
- Deployment
- Paid Deployment
- Last verified
- Jul 31, 2026
Specifications
Grouped technical data with source detail available on demand.
8 documented values
Commercial
| Buying format | Standalone — quoteManufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 31, 2026 The Shadow Robot Company Ltd. |
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Mechanics
| Fingers | 4 + 1 (thumb)Manufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 31, 2026 The Shadow Robot Company Ltd. |
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| Actuated degrees of freedom | 20 actuated DOFManufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 31, 2026 The Shadow Robot Company Ltd. |
| Total degrees of freedom | 24 (20 actuated DOF plus 4 under-actuated movements, 24 joints)Manufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 31, 2026 The Shadow Robot Company Ltd. |
| Actuation | Tendon driven; 20 DC motorsManufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 31, 2026 The Shadow Robot Company Ltd. |
Performance
| Grip / payload | No public data documentedNo linked evidenceVerified Jul 31, 2026 The Shadow Robot Company Ltd. |
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Physical
| Weight | 4.3 kg (overall weight)Manufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 31, 2026 The Shadow Robot Company Ltd. |
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Sensing
| Tactile / force sensing | Shadow Tactile Fingertips (STF) standard in some fingertips, upgradeable; 40 tendon load sensors, 1 IMU; over 100 sensors at up to 1 kHzManufacturer confirmedVerified Jul 31, 2026 The Shadow Robot Company Ltd. |
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Evidence & changelog
Sources behind this record and material corrections made over time.
Sources
- Dexterous Hand Series · The Shadow Robot Company Ltd. — cites Fingers, Actuated degrees of freedom, Total degrees of freedom, Actuation, Tactile / force sensing, Weight, Grip / payload, Buying format
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