The Shadow Dextrous Robot Hand uses the sense of touch, pressure, and position to

reproduce the human grip in all its strength, delicacy, and complexity.[3] The
SDRH was first developed by Richard Greenhill and his team of engineers in
Islington, London, as part of The Shadow Project, (now known as the Shadow Robot
Company) an ongoing research and development program whose goal is to complete the
first convincing humanoid. An early prototype can be seen in NASA's collection of
humanoid robots, or robonauts.[4] The Dextrous Hand has haptic sensors embedded in
every joint and in every finger pad which relay information to a central computer
for processing and analysis. Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania and
Bielefeld University in Germany in particular have found The Dextrous Hand is an
invaluable tool in progressing our understanding of haptic awareness and are
currently involved (2006) in research with wide ranging implications. Dr. Mandayam
Srinivasan of MIT developed the first PHANTOM, which allows one in the human world
to interact with objects in virtual reality through touch.