Three-finger dexterous robot hand developed with Google DeepMind for demanding real-world machine-learning and manipulation experiments.
Target environment: Research labs, robotics development environments and advanced manipulation research facilities.
Workflow context: Dexterous grasping, precision manipulation and tactile interaction on advanced robotic platforms.
Customer context: Robotics researchers, manipulation labs and AI research teams working on dexterous manipulation.
Deployment model: Commercial product sold to research and advanced development customers.
Commercial maturity: Commercially available product with strong positioning in the dexterous manipulation research market.
Adoption constraints: End-effector level product requiring integration into a complete robotic system. Priced for the research market rather than broad commercial use.
Market position: Extends Shadow Robot's specialist hand lineage into a current dexterous manipulation product for research and advanced control work.
Adjacent products: Ability Hand, Shadow Hand series, dexterous robotic hands
Specifications
Weight: 4.1 kg
Degrees of freedom: 12 DoF
Tactile Sensing: High-speed sensor networks with position, force, inertial and tactile data; optical fingertip sensors with hundreds of taxels each
Manipulation: Built for long-running reinforcement-learning, imitation-learning and dexterous manipulation experiments
Architecture: software stack: ROS integrated for research and development use
Variant Summary: DEX-EE is the symmetric three-finger model; DEX-EE Chiral moves the third finger into a human-like offset and is offered in left, right and bimanual-pair configurations.
Family specifications
DEX-EE - Degrees of freedom: 12 DoF - Height: 350 mm - Layout: Symmetric three-finger hand - Weight: 4.1 kg - Variant Scope: Robust manipulation and robot-learning experiments
DEX-EE Chiral - Degrees of freedom: 12 DoF - Height: 350 mm - Layout: Human-like chiral offset - Weight: 4.1 kg - Variant Scope: Left, right and bimanual-pair configurations