Proception vs Sharpa: Manipulation compared

November 2026 edition · assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence

Sharpa ranks 11 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 84; Proception ranks 97 with 51. Sharpa is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Proception is based in United States, Sharpa in Singapore, Singapore. Sharpa: private. Proception is named in 9 signals and Sharpa in 85.

Proception →

United States · Humanoids · Components / Manipulation · proception.ai

Proception develops and sells ProHand, a dexterous tendon-driven robotic hand designed for humanoid and robotics applications. Its product is a manipulation component with integrated tactile sensing.

Humanoids 100 · rank 97 · score 51Robotics · watchlist · score 46

Scores, Humanoids (of 10)

Deployment4
Production4
Commercials3
Progress8
Technology6
Positioning6
Firepower4
Leverage4

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

Proception is a US humanoid-robotics component maker developing ProHand 1.0, a 22-DoF tendon-driven dexterous hand, and ProGlove, a wearable tactile-data system for robot-learning workflows. It publicly launched and began shipping its first batch to researchers and robotics companies on Jun-29-26, alongside an $11M seed led by First Round Capital with Y Combinator and BoxGroup; subsequent company activity indicates customer use and additional ProGlove sales. Its distinguishing bet is that humanoid builders will buy dexterous hands rather than develop them internally, but deployment scale, independent validation, named customers, and revenue remain unverified.

Latest signals

  • Proception Inc. is offering ProHand 1.0 in production for USD 22,000.humanoid.guide
  • Proception launched ProGlove to collect human hand-interaction data for robot training.The AI Insider
  • Proception launched ProHand 1.0, a 22-degree-of-freedom robotic hand.The AI Insider

9 signals name Proception.

Facts, with sources

  • Actuatelinkedin.com
  • Pre-revenue; not independently verifiedTechCrunch
  • <$25mTechCrunch

26 facts on file.

Sharpa →

Singapore, Singapore · Humanoids · Components / Manipulation · private · sharpa.com

Sharpa sells North, a general-purpose humanoid robot, to enterprise operators for autonomous service and dexterous manipulation.

Humanoids 100 · rank 11 · score 84AI Core · watchlist · score 60Robotics · member · score 60

Scores, Humanoids (of 10)

Deployment7
Production8
Commercials6
Progress10
Technology10
Positioning8
Firepower7
Leverage10

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

Sharpa (Singapore HQ, Shanghai manufacturing) is a self-described unicorn (founded 2024) making the SharpaWave dexterous hand (22 active DoF, >1,000 tactile pixels per fingertip, ~$50,000 per hand) in mass production since October 2025, plus the North full-body robot shown at CES 2026. Its reference-design win is decisive: NVIDIA's Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid (Computex 2026) is built on a Unitree H2 chassis with Sharpa Wave hands, the first dexterous reference design on the GR00T platform, with lab partners including NVIDIA, Google, MIT, and Stanford. Revenue is estimated at 10-100m (early orders from global technology firms).

Latest signals

  • Sharpa unveiled the D01 tactile robot with whole-body electronic skin at IROS 2026.Pandaily
  • Sharpa launched the W02 dexterous hand with 21 active degrees of freedom.Pandaily
  • Wave W02 robotic hand launched by Sharpa Roboticshumanoid.guide

85 signals name Sharpa.

Facts, with sources

  • Sharpa unveiled W02, a fully tactile, ultra-compact, lightweight dexterous hand.sharpa.com
  • Sharpa unveiled D01, W02 dexterous hand, and AE01 haptic exoskeleton data glove at IROS 2026.sharpa.com
  • Markov Robotics' rig uses Sharpa's 22-DoF SharpaWave hand with high-resolution tactile sensingHumanoids Daily

78 facts on file.

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Proception or Sharpa: which is ahead in humanoids?

Sharpa ranks 11 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 84; Proception ranks 97 with 51. Sharpa is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Proception is based in United States, Sharpa in Singapore, Singapore. Sharpa: private. Proception is named in 9 signals and Sharpa in 85.

How do Proception and Sharpa compare?

Sharpa ranks 11 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 84; Proception ranks 97 with 51. Sharpa is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Proception is based in United States, Sharpa in Singapore, Singapore. Sharpa: private. Proception is named in 9 signals and Sharpa in 85. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.

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