NVIDIA just announced the Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot in a half-baked press release for Computex 2026, with an “available-soon reference workflow” and availability sometime by the end of the year with the Unitree H2 humanoid chassis.One component of the kit that appears to be available now, albeit in limited quantity, is the Sharpa Wave high-end dexterous robotic hand with 22 degrees of freedom (DoF) and a dynamic tactile array (DTA) on each finger, enabling it to feel objects as lightweight as a butterfly.Sharpa Wave robotic hand highlights:
1:1 scale human form – The palm width to hand length ratio is approximately 0.618, enabling the Wave to manipulate the same tools as humans.
22 active Degrees of Freedom – Isomorphic design mirroring the human hand
Dynamic Tactile Array (DTA) powered by a proprietary neural network-based algorithm and sensing modules to enable detection of tight objects (like a butterfly)
Maximum active fingertip force – 20 N
