Shadow Robot Company Ltd.

Smart Grasping System

The Smart Grasping System

We have created the Shadow Smart Grasping System, which more than an industrial gripper – it’s a “grasper”, with built-in intelligence. Key benefits include:

• A library of different grasps – each hand can pick up many types of objects, reducing the need to stock different models of robotic hands

• 9 DOF and torque sensing on each joint – using a 10kHz control loop, ensuring the Hand can make the most accurate and reliable grasp

• Incredibly robust and reliable – reducing the need for maintenance and repair

• Easy to set up, train and use – saving you time and money

Our Managing Director, Rich Walker, says “I’m calling it transformative, because I know it will transform the manufacturing industry. When companies have deployed robots in the past, they’ve used grippers that were designed to perform one function, so they get a robot that performs one function. We’ve had 20 years experience building human-like robotic hands, so it was natural for us to go along the lines of ‘how can we make this pick up lots of different things, as a human would be able to?’

“More and more I’ve had people come up to me asking how we can handle grasping in industry. The market is pulling us in that direction, and we think we’ve come up with a revolutionary system that provides a solution to a real-world manufacturing problem.”