Sharpa Begins Mass Production of High-Precision Robotic Hand Designed for General-Purpose Use

• Sharpa has entered large-scale production of SharpaWave, a human-sized robotic hand combining high strength, precision, and tactile sensing.
• The system combines fingertip cameras, 1,000+ tactile sensors, and 22 active joints to handle fine, forceful, and complex tasks with one device.

Sharpa has begun mass production of SharpaWave, its human-sized robotic hand designed for high dexterity, strength, and sensor-driven control. The launch is a key step in Sharpa's goal to enable general-purpose robots to operate in real-world environments with its components, which the company says offer “the consistency and reliability expected of mission-critical hardware such as aircraft engines or automotive systems.”

Called SharpaWave, the robotic hand includes 22 active degrees of freedom and uses the company’s proprietary Dynamic Tactile Array. This system integrates a miniature camera and over 1,000 tactile sensing pixels into each fingertip, allowing the hand to detect light contact, heavy loads, and slipping objects with high precision and control. To ensure consistent performance at scale, Sharpa built automated testing systems to verify the reliability of thousands of embedded components, including microscale gears, sensors, and motors.

SharpaWave runs on an open-source software stack designed for easy integration and experimentation. The system includes the SharpaPilot app, which supports platforms like Isaac Gym, Isaac Lab, PyBullet, and MuJoCo, and offers built-in reinforcement learning examples to speed up development across research and industry.

🌀 Tom’s Take:

One robotic hand that can crack an egg, lift weight, and use tools, without swapping parts or retraining. Sharpa is attempting a real leap toward enabling general-purpose robots that work across a variety of scenarios.

Source: PR Newswire / Sharpa