Sharpa
Singapore-headquartered AI robotics company developing dexterous robotic hands and humanoid robots for general-purpose manipulation tasks.
Sharpa is an AI robotics company founded in 2024 and headquartered in Singapore, with R&D operations in Shanghai and a U.S. office in Mountain View. The company was co-founded by David Li, Xiang Shaoqing, and Sun Kai—former CEO, CTO, and chief scientist of Hesai Technology. Sharpa focuses on high-performance dexterous manipulation hardware and embodied AI.
Its flagship product, SharpaWave, is a human-scale robotic hand with 22 active degrees of freedom, proprietary Dynamic Tactile Array technology, over 1,000 tactile pixels per fingertip, and miniature fingertip cameras, achieving 0.005 N force sensing precision. SharpaWave entered mass production in December 2025 at approximately USD 50,000 per unit. At CES 2026, Sharpa unveiled the North humanoid robot equipped with SharpaWave hands and a self-learning control system.
SharpaWave was named a CES 2026 Innovation Awards Honoree.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
SharpaWave
Human-scale robotic hand with 22 active degrees of freedom and Dynamic Tactile Array technology for precision dexterous manipulation.
Sharpa North
Full-size humanoid robot equipped with SharpaWave dexterous hands and a self-learning control system, unveiled at CES 2026.
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https://www.sharpa.comHEADQUARTERS
Singapore
Company Facts
Founded
2024
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Manufacturer
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Asia-Pacific
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