The top player in dexterous manipulation: Sharpa evolves fingertip "touch" into full-body "somatosensation"

What happened: At IROS, Sharpa presented its first fully self developed general humanoid robot D01, a new generation dexterous hand W02, and an exoskeleton haptic data glove AE01, extending its dexterous manipulation work from hands to body and data collection. Key numbers: D01 arm payload to Why it matters: Sharpa frames dexterous manipulation as a full stack spanning hardware, tactile control, world models, and data, aiming at commercial generalization. It cites a DQ restaurant deployment in Shanghai where a robot completed 55 consecutive steps using existing equipment and processes.

At IROS, Sharpa presented its first fully self developed general humanoid robot D01, a new generation dexterous hand W02, and an exoskeleton haptic data glove AE01, extending its dexterous manipulation work from hands to body and data collection.

Sharpa frames dexterous manipulation as a full stack spanning hardware, tactile control, world models, and data, aiming at commercial generalization. It cites a DQ restaurant deployment in Shanghai where a robot completed 55 consecutive steps using existing equipment and processes.