Wave W01

A robot hand from Singapore, first released 2025.

Sources retrieved: 4 November 2026 (A)

Status: In production
Applications: Research and development
Intended use, per the manufacturer: Sharpa Wave is a human-scale, five-finger dexterous hand with 22 active DoF, high-resolution tactile sensing for physical AI research and robot integration.
Indicative price: Not stated

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Sharpa Wave W01, five-finger robot hand in brushed silver metal with grey pads on the jointed fingers, a round sensor plate in the middle of the palm and the thumb spread out to the side, seen from the front with spread fingers

Product render from the manufacturer's own website (sharpa.com).

Specifications

7 of 18 stated 11 not stated

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The hand2/4 disclosed

Fingers5

Joints in totalNot stated

Active degrees of freedom22DoF

ActuationNot stated

Performance1/4 disclosed

Fingertip forceNot stated

Lifting capacityNot stated

Control rateNot stated

CommunicationEthernet (1000BASE-T)

Physical2/2 disclosed

Weight1.3kg2.87lbOur conversion from 1.3 kg. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own.

Supply voltage18–28V

Sensing and autonomy2/3 disclosed

Tactile sensingYes

ROS 2Yes

SDK languagesNot stated

Commercial0/1 disclosed

Indicative priceNot stated

Compliance & certifications0/4 disclosed

CENot stated

FCCNot stated

ULNot stated

CCCNot stated

Against the field

Each strip holds every robot of this type in the guide that states the figure, one bar per group of values. Further right means a larger figure, not a better robot. A taller bar means more robots in that group.

Weight

1.3kg2.87lbOur conversion from 1.3 kg. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own.

59 robot hands state a weight

Wave W01

5 state a higher figure, 49 a lower one. 4 state only a bound (≥ or ≤) and are not ranked. Log scale: each step along the axis multiplies the value.

Active degrees of freedom

22DoF

66 robot hands state degrees of freedom

Wave W01

1 states a higher figure, 60 a lower one. 4 more state exactly the same figure.

Notes

Sharpa's news item of 19 December 2025 says: “Sharpa has achieved a major milestone with the launch of mass production for SharpaWave”. It adds: “Early customers include leading global technology companies and top research universities.”

Sharpa's news page lists: “Sharpa Wins CES 2026 Innovation Award for Groundbreak AI Robotic Hand SharpaWave Company News: December 16,2025”.

The specification table reads: “Dimensions 208 mm × 90 mm × 50 mm”, “Minimum Grasp Diameter 10 mm”, “Grip Force 150 N 90 N”, “Fingertip Position Repeatability ±1 mm”, “Operating Temperature Range 0°C to 45°C” and “Rated Lifetime Over 1,000,000 cycles”.

The tactile sensor is listed with “Tactile Resolution 240×240 60×60” and “Frame Rate 180 fps 30 fps”. The press release says each fingertip captures contact “with 0.005 N precision”.