Robot model
Sharpa North
67-DoF full-body humanoid robot built to run shifts autonomously in service and industrial environments.
- Manufacturer
- Sharpa
- Form factor
- humanoid
- Maturity
- pilot
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
- Website
- sharpa.com ↗
The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Sharpa North, a humanoid by Sharpa (pilot): 1 verified deployment on record. 1 source back the record.
Overview
67-DoF full-body humanoid robot built to run shifts autonomously in service and industrial environments. Powered by Sharpa Wave dexterous hands and the CraftNet VTLA AI model. Debuted at CES 2026 with live autonomous manipulation demos including ping-pong rallies, card dealing, and paper windmill assembly. Deployed at Dairy Queen stores in Shanghai for food preparation.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- pilot(Small-scale deployment in controlled or trial conditions.)
- Sources on file
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Key facts
Body (company-claimed)
Precision (sources differ)
Dexterity (company-claimed)
CES 2026 demo (reported)
First deployment (reported, Aug 2026)
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Pricing
No verified price is on record for Sharpa North. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (1)
- Sharpa North at Shanghai, Chinaoperational
Sharpa North humanoid robot performs full shifts at a Dairy Queen store in Shanghai, completing 50-60 step food preparation sequences including Blizzard blending, topping distribution, and the signature upside-down flip.
Sharpa North on the deployment map
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdSep 4, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedAug 1, 2026
at Shanghai, China
Safety record
No incidents on record for Sharpa North.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (1)
- Official Product Page · https://www.sharpa.com/pages/north
Mentioned on (3)
Registry pages whose text names Sharpa North.
Companies (1)
Robots and products (1)
Deployments (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-12
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: humanoid
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Sharpa North.Recent coverage
Sharpa North in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Sharpa North from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Dairy Queen Hires Sharpa North Humanoid Robot
Attendance for CES in Las Vegas rose to nearly 150,000
Sharpa’s North Humanoid Assembles PC with Precision at NVIDIA GTC 2026
Singapore-based Sharpa surfaces as robotics venture linked to Hesai founders
Hesai’s Three Co-Founders Launch New General Robotics Startup Sharpa
The Emergence of the Most Mysterious Robotics Company
Hesai Technology's Three Founders Kick Off New Cross - Border Entrepreneurial Journey with Robotics Company Sharpa
Cool tech that flew under the radar at CES 2026
Sharpa’s Humanoid Goes Viral with Its Dexterous Hands at CES 2026
Humanoid Robots Folding Laundry and Snapping Photos Are All Over CES This Year
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/sharpa-north.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/84105a98-4bfe-49d5-b69f-6e7206b4b8e6
- Revision history: /models/sharpa-north/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Sharpa North draws attention at the 41st percentile but verifies reality at the 27th percentile among humanoids. Hype Gap +13.9, 39th widest among humanoids.
Analysis
Limited independent press and video coverage to date.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 19, 2026