North

Sharpa unveiled North at CES 2026 as its first autonomous full-body humanoid robot, designed for productivity-focused autonomy with unprecedented dexterous manipulation capabilities.

The robot features SharpaWave hands, an anthropomorphic 1:1 human-scale robotic hand system with 22 active degrees of freedom and ultra-sensitive tactile feedback. Each fingertip contains over 1,000 touch sensors with sub-millimeter resolution, capable of detecting forces as small as 0.005 newtons. The tactile sensors update pressure, texture, and force readings at 180Hz, enabling real-time adaptive manipulation.

With 30N of fingertip force and gesture speeds exceeding 4 per second, North can firmly grasp tools, lift common objects, and manipulate parts with precision. The hands are rated for over one million grip cycles and feature back-drivable joints for impact resistance.

North demonstrated remarkable capabilities at CES 2026: playing high-speed ping-pong with 0.02-second reaction time, capturing instant photos with 2mm precision, dealing cards using multimodal reasoning, and completing a 30+ step paper windmill construction, described as one of the longest continuous autonomous manipulation sequences publicly demonstrated by a robot.

Powered by Sharpa self-developed Vision-Tactile-Language-Action (VLTA) model, North excels at tasks requiring fine manipulation through multimodal fusion of visual, gaze, and gesture inputs for deeper understanding of human attention and emotions.