Sharpa Timeline

Events

• 2026-06-01 - Product Launch - Unitree announces H2 Plus as NVIDIA Isaac GR00T reference humanoid for academic research - Unitree announced H2 Plus, a humanoid reference design built on the NVIDIA Isaac GR00T development platform for academic and humanoid robotics research. The system combines a Unitree H2 humanoid chassis, Sharpa Wave tactile five-finger hands, NVIDIA Jetson… - source: prnewswire.com
• 2026-05-31 - Partnership - Sharpa Wave tactile hands join NVIDIA Isaac GR00T humanoid reference design - NVIDIA announced the Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot using a Unitree H2 Plus body, Sharpa Wave tactile five-finger hands, Jetson Thor onboard compute, and Isaac GR00T software workflows. Sharpa Wave supplies dexterous tactile manipulation hardware for… - source: nvidianews.nvidia.com
• 2026-03-11 - Research Publication - Sharpa's robot autonomously peels apple using dual dexterous hands - • At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Sharpa's newly debuted full-body robot, North, played fully autonomous ping-pong rallies with human opponents and ran live demonstrations for four straight days, eight hours a day. • The robot utilized Sharpa's dexterous robotic… - source: prnewswire.com
• 2026-03-11 - Research Publication - Sharpa presents MoDE-VLA research for contact-rich bimanual manipulation - Sharpa released research on MoDE-VLA and RL-augmented teleoperation for contact-rich bimanual manipulation. The team demonstrated the system on autonomous apple peeling, using dual dexterous hands to coordinate grip, rotation, and peeling in a high-precision… - source: prnewswire.com
• 2026-01-06 - Demonstration - Sharpa's North Robot Demonstrates Windmill Assembly at CES 2026 - • Sharpa unveiled its full-body robot, North, at CES 2026 in Las Vegas. • North autonomously assembled over 300 paper windmills during the event, each requiring more than 30 consecutive manipulation steps. • The demonstrations highlighted North's dexterous… - source: sharpa.com
• 2026-01-06 - Product Launch - Sharpa Robotics Introduces CraftNet VTLA Model for Fine Manipulation - Sharpa introduced CraftNet, a hierarchical vision-tactile-language-action model for fine manipulation. Its System 0 contact-control layer operates at about 100 Hz using tactile and force feedback. A CraftNet-powered North robot performed autonomous card… - source: sharpa.com