Robotic Hand Can Feel and Function Much Like a Real One
From: Robotics Trends - 07/10/2014

A robot hand that "knows" both how - and how hard - to grip objects of widely
differing size and delicacy is being developed by ShadowRobot.

London-based Shadow Robot Company has developed a robotic hand that uses 3D
cameras and force sensors to determine how best to grip a given object. The
company is already taking orders for their Dexterous Hand, with the makers
seeing great potential in brain-controlled prosthetics and future search and
rescue operations.

Read the entire article and view a video (1:32) at:
http://www.roboticstrends.com/design_development/article/robotic_hand_can_feel_and_function_much_like_a_real_one

Links:
ShadowRobot (with video 0:15)
http://www.shadowrobot.com/

Shadow Dexterous Hand – Now available for purchase! (with video 1:04)
http://www.shadowrobot.com/products/dexterous-hand/

Robotic hand 'sees and feels' for gripping dexterity (with video 2:26)
http://news.yahoo.com/video/robotic-hand-sees-feels-gripping-114044559.html