Technology Snapshot
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Flagship PlatformNorth
Humanoid Robots
Executive Summary
Sharpa is taking a manipulation-first route into general-purpose robotics. Rather than leading with a generic humanoid pitch, it built a high-performance hand and tactile-learning stack first, then used that foundation to move up toward a full-body robot and an integrated autonomy story.
Technical Profile
Platform maturity, autonomy stack, and flagship-system specifications in one view.
Latest Updates
All UpdatesMarch 20, 2026Company MilestoneCorporate
Sharpa deepens the NVIDIA-linked sim-to-real story at GTCAt NVIDIA GTC 2026, Sharpa said Wave had demonstrated in-hand manipulation skills trained in Isaac Lab and transferred into the real world, while North and CraftNet were also shown as part of the full stack. Sharpa also said it had joined NVIDIA Inception and that Wave had been adopted by NVIDIA GEAR for research in data-driven robot learning.
About Sharpa
Sharpa is a Singapore robotics company building high-performance manipulation systems and humanoid platforms around tactile-first learning. Founded in 2024, the company started with the Sharpa Wave dexterous hand and then expanded into North, a full-body robot, while developing CraftNet, its vision-tactile-language-action model stack for fine manipulation.
- 2024
Sharpa launches as a tactile-first robotics company
Sharpa says it was founded in 2024 as an AI robotics company focused on ultra-high-performance robots and core components for future general-purpose robotic applications. The companys structure already spanned Singapore headquarters, a Mountain View business center, and Shanghai manufacturing R&D.
SingaporeGeneral-purpose robotics - May 2025 - October 2025
Sharpa Wave goes from launch to mass production
According to Sharpa, Wave was introduced in May 2025 as a 1:1 human-scale dexterous hand with 22 active degrees of freedom and a proprietary tactile array. The company says the hand entered mass production and began shipping in October 2025, giving Sharpa a commercial hardware foothold before the broader humanoid push.
Sharpa Wave22 DOFMass production - January 19, 2026
North and CraftNet debut at CES 2026
On January 19, 2026, Sharpa said its newly debuted North humanoid played autonomous ping-pong rallies, assembled windmills, dealt cards, and demonstrated robot photography at CES 2026. The company used the same moment to introduce CraftNet, its vision-tactile-language-action model for fine manipulation, showing how Wave, North, and the learning stack fit together.
NorthCraftNetCES 2026 - March 20, 2026
Sharpa deepens the NVIDIA-linked sim-to-real story at GTC
At NVIDIA GTC 2026, Sharpa said Wave had demonstrated in-hand manipulation skills trained in Isaac Lab and transferred into the real world, while North and CraftNet were also shown as part of the full stack. Sharpa also said it had joined NVIDIA Inception and that Wave had been adopted by NVIDIA GEAR for research in data-driven robot learning.
NVIDIA GTCIsaac LabSim-to-real