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Shadow Robot Company is a robotics company founded 1987, based in United Kingdom, developing 3 robots primarily in the Industrial Arm category.
CAPITAL & EVIDENCE
Shadow Robot Company has no confirmed funding round on file and has 6 cited customers but no deployment on record.
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6customers cited
named in public sources · no deployment on record
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Add a deployment →Robotic hands and teleoperation systems for dexterous manipulation
Shadow Robot is a U.K. robotics company that designs and manufactures advanced robot hands and teleoperation systems, including the DEX-EE hand built for demanding machine-learning and dexterous manipulation research. Its products are used by research labs and industry partners working on robotic dexterity and reinforcement learning.
Company facts
- HQ
- London, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1987 · 39 yrs
- Employees
- 11
- Website
- shadowrobot.com
RoboScore
55.27 RoboScore + 0.00 Momentum· Strong evidence
Products 65%, Depth 5%, Evidence 30% set the number, and every rated company has all three. Attention has no weight of its own — it is one of the two things Evidence is built from, and it can only ever add. Activity and Readiness describe the brand but never move it. A value we don't have reads —, never zero. Momentum is independently collected news coverage, worth at most 15 points and never a deduction — a maker we have heard nothing about keeps its full RoboScore. Claiming or paying moves nothing.
6 of 6 factors known. How it's calculated
On the company boards
- #26 of 338·Industrial Arm·best robot 66.80 + depth 1.67 + news 0.00 = total 68.47
A board total ranks makers within one category. It is built from the best robot's RoboScore, a capped credit for more ranked robots, and news. It is not this company's RoboIndex above. How boards work
Awards & recognition
- Queen's Award for Innovation2019zoominfo.com ↗
- AIconics Award for best innovation in AI hardware2019zoominfo.com ↗
Milestones
Shadow Robot's DEX-EE hand was featured in The Robot Report's RBR50 coverage as a technology company focused on robotic dexterity.
Shadow Robot publicized the DEX-EE series as a robust three-fingered robot built for demanding machine-learning tasks.
Shadow Robot was founded in 1987.
Press coverage
- DEX-EE hand helps Google DeepMind advance robotic manipulation
The Robot Report
- DEX-EE - ROBOTS: Your Guide to the World of Robotics
Robots Guide
- DEX-EE Series
Shadow Robot
Public loss record
UK product recalls reach the Office for Product Safety and Standards, which we read. Workplace incidents sit with the HSE, whose register we cannot reach.
Active products by Shadow Robot Company
3 shown| # | Category | Key specs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Dexterous Hand Lite | Industrial Arm | Repeatability ±0.1 mm·DOF 15 DOF | — | 2022 | 66.8 |
| 2 |  | DEX-EE | Dexterous Hand | DOF 12 DOF | $60K | 2024 | 51.6 |
| 3 |  | DEX-EE Chiral | Industrial Arm | DOF 12 DOF | — | 2024 | 42.7 |
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