What is Sharpa Wave W02 dexterous robotic hand?

Robot arms place a tool at the end of the arm, called an end effector or robot hand, in a chosen position and orientation. Engineers describe how flexible such an arm is by its degrees of freedom, which usually equals the number of joints that move it. The Sharpa W02 is a robot hand made by Sharpa, listed with 21 degrees of freedom. The maker describes it as an ultra-compact, lightweight dexterous hand with full-hand tactile sensing, and describes the company's mission as letting robots manipulate tools and perform complex tasks in the real world with human-like dexterity.

Written from primary sources and reference pages, and checked against them by an independent AI fact-checker. Drafted with AI assistance.