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Shadow Robot Company
Shadow Robot Company designs and manufactures dexterous robotic hands, including the 24-DOF Shadow Dexterous Hand (industry research standard) and the newer DEX-EE and DEX-EE Chiral series co-developed with Google DeepMind for real-world machine-learning and imitation-learning research. Shadow also offers a teleoperation system that pairs the Dexterous Hand with a motion-capture glove for direct human-to-robot skill transfer. As of May 2025 approximately 20 DEX-EE units had been manufactured and sold commercially.
HeadquartersLondon, GB
Founded1987
Corporate fundingNot disclosed
TeamNot listed
Deployments0
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Identity and operating footprint
Company typeComponent supplier
Market segmentCorporate
StageGrant/ARIA
FoundersNot listed
Regions servedGB, US, EU
Countries deployedNot listed
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-14
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Milestones and announcements
2025-05-01Received ARIA funding as part of UK £57M Robot Dexterity programme, leading two projects (OGRES and UPWARD)The Robot Report
2025-01-01Shadow Robot Builds Hand That Learns Through Touch and Impact ↗Tech Journal UK
2024-01-01Launched DEX-EE Chiral dexterous hand co-developed with Google DeepMind for real-world ML research; ~20 commercial units shipped as of May 2025Shadow Robot
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