Physix Frontier · News Briefing Card (QbitAI · Oct 9, 2026)

Sharpa Unveils Humanoid D01, Dexterous Hand W02, Data Glove AE01

KEY FACTS

Sharpa unveiled its first fully self-developed general-purpose humanoid robot, the D01, at IROS.
The D01's arm payload-to-self-weight ratio is close to 1:1, its end-effector speed exceeds 10.5m/s, and its repeat positioning accuracy is 0.2mm.
The D01's electronic skin covers its entire body, with a tactile sampling rate of 100Hz and a force sensing range of 0.1-20N.
The new-generation dexterous hand W02 cuts active degrees of freedom from the W01's 22 down to 21, with its size reduced by about 30%.
The exoskeleton data glove AE01 captures hand movements through 22 encoders, for teleoperation and data collection.

KEY DATA

10.5m/sD01 end-effector max speed

0.2mmD01 repeat positioning accuracy

21个W02 active degrees of freedom

22个AE01 encoder count

PHYSIX OBSERVATION

By extending from dexterous hands to a humanoid body and data collection, Sharpa is closing the loop on the question of where manipulation data comes from. The W02 cutting active degrees of freedom rather than piling on numbers shows the industry is starting to shift from a spec race toward engineering usability. If the full tactile stack can truly lower the barrier to acquiring high-quality manipulation data, the commercialization of embodied intelligence will land faster than expected.

Source: QbitAI report