Shadow was founded in 1987 by a group of robotics enthusiasts in London. In 1997 they created the Shadow Robot Company, which is one of Britain's longest-running robotics firms and a leading developer of technology around grasping and manipulation for robotics.

Shadow has delivered exciting engineering projects for clients with outstanding work in Mechanical, Electronic, Software and Pneumatic Engineering. Our collaborations range from working with multinationals such as Siemens, to working with both NASA and ESA (European Space Agency), as well as universities throughout the world. We are proud to have been involved with the award-winning TV program 'How to Build a Bionic Man’ (‘The Incredible Bionic Man’ in the US) and the development of the ground-breaking Moley Robotic Kitchen.

Shadow is the leading developer of dexterous robotics manipulation technologies (‘hands for robots’) and brings expertise across the project development process, from working with partners to shape the proposal to embedded systems design, mechanical engineering, systems integration, hardware development and application discovery. Shadow is currently applying robotic manipulation technologies to a range of areas, from research robot hands through to applications in manufacturing processes, logistics and agriculture.

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