# Lifeslices: Helping Hands

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Podcast: [Lifeslices with Steve Fisher](https://stenobird.com/podcast/lifeslices-with-steve-fisher-7051007)
Published: 2026-02-02T08:05:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1878

## Resource

The robotic era is here. All over the world, companies and individual engineers are working to improve the scope of what they can do and their efficiency. One of those is Rich Walker and his company Shadow Robot, which makes dexterous hands. Rich joins host Steve Fisher to talk about his Helping Hands, where we are and where we’re not.

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