Shadow Robot launches Smart Grasping System at Innovate 2016
Shadow Robot launched the Shadow Smart Grasping System, an intelligent industrial grasper built around vision, torque sensing and grasp-selection software for flexible manufacturing and picking tasks.
Why it matters
The Smart Grasping System shows how Shadow tried to translate dexterous-hand know-how into industrial manipulation hardware, not just research-lab platforms.
Evidence notes
- Shadow Robot introduced the Smart Grasping System at Innovate 2016 as an industrial grasper with built-in intelligence.
- The company described a grasp library, an onboard vision system and torque sensing on each joint to support flexible object handling.
- The launch marked a push beyond academic dexterous-hand research toward industrial and service-robot manipulation use cases.
Company context
Shadow Robot develops dexterous robotic hands, tactile sensing and teleoperation systems for manipulation research, embodied-AI labs and advanced robot-control work.