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Shadow Dexterous Hand Lite
The Shadow Dexterous Hand Lite is the slimmed-down version of the British Shadow Dexterous Hand, with three fingers and a thumb instead of five fingers.
- 2.4kgWeight
- 13DOFDegrees of freedom
- 4kgPayload
Key facts
- Specificationsweight 2.4 kg · degrees of freedom 13 DOF · payload 4 kg
- Statuson sale
- Availability in Polandnot confirmed
Summary
- ManufacturerShadow Robot Company
- CategoryRobot hands
- Statuson sale
- Availability in PolandNo confirmed distributor in Poland
The Shadow Dexterous Hand Lite is the slimmed-down version of the British Shadow Dexterous Hand, with three fingers and a thumb instead of five fingers. It has 13 degrees of freedom across 16 joints and performs 16 movements, driven by 13 DC Smart Motor modules in the base of the hand that pull tendons.
According to the technical specification of September 2025, hand and forearm weigh 2.4 kg, the power grasp holds 4 kg, and full joint travel runs at 1 Hz. Sensing is extensive: 26 tendon load sensors, position, temperature and current sensors, an IMU and two fingertip tactile sensors expandable to four.
Communication runs over EtherCAT at 1 kHz, ROS software is released under GPL and BSD licences, position control lives on the host PC and force control protects the mechanism. The supply is 24 V. Shadow quotes 35 percent energy savings against the five-finger hand. Even lighter variants exist: Extra Lite with 10 DoF at 2.1 kg and Super Lite with 7 DoF at 1.8 kg. Price on request.
The full hand is covered under Shadow Dexterous Hand and the newer research line under DEX-EE.
Specs
Data from manufacturer datasheets and product pages; median over the models of this category in the database.
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Weight2.4 kg+243% vs. the category median (0.7 kg, n=98)
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Degrees of freedom13−19% vs. the category median (16, n=125)
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Payload4 kg−73% vs. the category median (15 kg, n=83)
- category medianA higher value doesn't always mean a better robot; it depends on the application.
Dimensions and weight
- Weight
- 2.4 kg
Motion and manipulation
- Degrees of freedom
- 13
- Payload
- 4 kg
Electronics and AI
- Drive
- 13 DC Smart Motor modules in the base, tendons
- Sensors
- 26 tendon load sensors, position, temperature, current, IMU, 2 to 4 fingertip tactile sensors
Additional specs
- Design type
- four-finger hand, three fingers plus thumb
- Interfaces
- EtherCAT, ROS; 1 kHz
- Fingers
- 4
- Opposable thumb
- yes
- Actuators
- 13
- Tactile sensing
- yes
- Supply voltage (V)
- 24
- Open source
- no
- Country of origin
- GB
Price and availability in Poland
no data
Dealers in Poland
No confirmed distributor in Poland
Applications
Typical applications
Target group
Comparison
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History
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