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take on tasks in hazardous environments.
The company’s engineers are working on a robot hand that mimics the flexibility and sensitivity of a human hand, aiming to make it capable of picking up delicate items like a glass without crushing it.
There is a lot of work to be done – but Mr Walker is convinced they’ll get there.
“Our aim at Shadow Robot is nothing short of a revolution in robotics,” says Mr Walker. “And work like this on robotic hands, we believe, sets us on the path to that.”
What is needed, he says, is time and investment. “One of the biggest barriers is actually funding,” he says. “It’s really hard to get money for research in robotics, because it’s so expensive and investors want quick returns.”
The time and patience needed to perfect these technologies may seem frustrating to those waiting for their arrival – but if we were to look back over the past decades of robotic development, so much has been achieved that was once thought impossible, and that should give us hope.
When that revolution comes, robots could provide a helping hand – or two – in care homes and home care.