Now on sale: The Dexterous Robotic Hand

The Shadow Robot Company has developed the "world's most advanced" robotic Dexterous Hand. We're not sure if it's the world's most advanced or anything, but it did beat us at Operation in a throwdown best 3-out-of-5 championship last night at Engadget HQ. El mano roboto is driven from a block of "Air Muscles" mounted on the device's "forearm," matched in opposing directions as with a human hand. 186 force sensors, joints and pneumatic valves are software-controlled to generate life-like movement, grip and precision manipulation. The Shadow Robot Co. is now offering the device for sale to interested parties, so it shouldn't be terribly long now until we're all relieved of any and all manual labor responsibilities.

Dexterous Hand video [DivX AVI]

[Via Smartmobs]