英伟达最新的人形机器人参考平台采用了中国初创公司无极的手部。今年早些时候发布的一个类似人形平台则使用了与中国有关联的初创公司Sharpa的手部。
Nvidia's latest humanoid robot reference platform uses hands from Chinese startup Wuji A similar humanoid platform earlier this year used hands from China-linked startup Sharpa.
这一消息传出之际，小米近期披露了其自研人形机器人手部的进展。
The news comes as Xiaomi recently revealed progress on its own humanoid hand.
在短短几个月内，英伟达展示了两套人形机器人训练套件：一套配备Sharpa的机械手，另一套则配备无极的机械手。两家公司的创始人均与上海渊源颇深。
In just a few months, Nvidia has showcased two humanoid robot training packages: one with mechanical hands from Sharpa and another with hands from Wuji Both have ties to founders in Shanghai.
据PitchBook数据，潘云哲于2019年创立无极，随后将团队大部分迁至深圳，并获得蚂蚁集团、HSG和Future Capital等投资方支持。上周发布的一段演示视频称，无极Hand 2能在受到干扰的情况下自主旋转笔杆。10月21日，无极Hand 2出现在英伟达首席执行官黄仁勋身后的幻灯片上，当时他在柏林向观众介绍一套用于在英伟达软件上训练机器人的新型人形硬件系统。该机器人本体来自Agile Robots（智元机器人），后者在德国、中国和美国设有办事处。
Pan Yunzhe founded Wuji in 2019, eventually moving much of the team to Shenzhen and drawing backers such as Ant Group, HSG and Future Capital, according to PitchBook. A demo video last week claimed a Wuji Hand 2 could autonomously spin a pen, despite interference The Wuji Hand 2 made it onto a slide Oct. 21 behind Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang as he told a crowd in Berlin about a new humanoid hardware system for training the robots on Nvidia software. The robot body comes from Agile Robots, which has offices in Germany, China and the U.S.
黄仁勋表示，这套名为Agile One SN的硬件系统“将成为我们加速机器人技术发展的飞轮效应”。Agile Robots宣布了该系统，该系统使用英伟达的Isaac机器人软件和Jetson Thor计算平台。
"It will be the flywheel by which we can accelerate development of robotics," Huang said of the hardware system, called Agile One SN. Agile Robots announced the system, which uses Nvidia's Isaac robotics software and Jetson Thor computing platform.
据英伟达称，斯坦福大学和苏黎世联邦理工学院等研究机构有望于2027年初开始使用Agile One SN系统。斯坦福大学和苏黎世联邦理工学院也曾是英伟达于5月31日宣布的首个参考人形机器人设计所涉及的机构。该系统采用中国人形机器人公司宇树科技的机身和Sharpa的机械手，原定于2026年底交付。
Research institutions, such as Stanford and ETH Zurich, can likely start using the Agile One SN system in early 2027, according to Nvidia Stanford and ETH Zurich were also among the institutions Nvidia named in connection with its first reference humanoid design, announced May 31. That system uses a body from Chinese humanoid company Unitree and mechanical hands from Sharpa.
英伟达未立即回应关于交付是否已开始、以及研究人员将尝试两套参考机器人还是仅尝试一套的置评请求。
It was scheduled for delivery from late 2026. Nvidia did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether deliveries had begun, or whether the researchers would try both reference robots, or just one.
总部位于新加坡的Sharpa由上海激光雷达公司禾赛科技CEO李大伟联合创立。Sharpa表示其制造研发位于上海。尽管这只是中国乃至全球众多机械手制造商中的两家，但它们的知名度已大幅提升，以至于Google DeepMind研究负责人Keerthana Gopalakrishnan在上个月的一期播客中直接对这两家初创公司进行了对比。她说：“Sharpa Wave比Wuji稍强，Wuji的尺寸更接近典型人手，但力量相当于十岁儿童。”不清楚她测试的是Wuji Hand 2还是早期版本。
Sharpa, headquartered in Singapore, was co-founded by David Li, CEO of Shanghai-based lidar company Hesai Sharpa has said its manufacturing R&D is in Shanghai While these are just two of the many robotic hand makers in China — and globally — they've grown so much in prominence that Google DeepMind research lead Keerthana Gopalakrishnan directly compared the two startups in a podcast last month Sharpa Wave is a bit stronger than Wuji, which is closer in size to a typical human hand but has the strength of a ten-year-old, she said. It was not clear whether she was testing the Wuji Hand 2 or an earlier version.
9月，人形机器人初创公司JoyIn的朱明轩告诉我，她发现Wuji的机械手非常轻便，完成任务表现很好，但工作时容易发热。她说Sharpa的表现更好，但价格贵得多。
In September, humanoid startup JoyIn's Zhu Mingxuan told me she found Wuji's mechanical hands very light and very good at completing tasks, but prone to heating up while doing so. She said Sharpa's performed better, but were far more expensive.
她说：“硬件限制了人形机器人发展，手部是主要挑战。”朱明轩表示，她去年离开了美国人形机器人公司Figure，此前她在那里也从事帮助人形机器人模仿人类动作的模型研究。
Hardware is limiting humanoid development, and hands are the main challenge, she said. Zhu said she left U.S. humanoid company Figure last year, where she had also worked on models to help humanoid robots mimic human actions.
随着中国推动人形机器人产业开发更多核心技术，机械手成为企业在机器人竞赛中脱颖而出的途径之一。
As China pushes its humanoid industry to develop more core technologies mechanical hands are one way companies can try to stand out in the robot race.
消费电子公司小米上周表示，通过在其汽车工厂测试机械手，发现测试的大多数任务仅需要特定范围的运动。
Consumer electronics company Xiaomi said last week that, by testing its robotic hand in its car factory, it found that most of the tasks it tested required only a specific range of movement.
《The Information》10月31日援引消息人士报道，Meta已与中国初创公司傅利叶合作开发人形机器人原型，这也是中国相关技术发展程度的另一迹象。两家公司均未立即回应置评请求。
And in another sign of just how far along the tech may have come in China, Meta has worked with Chinese startup Fourier for a humanoid prototype, The Information reported Oct. 31, citing sources. Neither company immediately responded to a request for comment.
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