Sanctuary Phoenix:  2023's Milestones

Sanctuary AI's ambitious Phoenix robot captured the imagination in 2023, showcasing its potential to revolutionize the robotics landscape. Join us as we rewind and revisit the key milestones for Phoenix throughout the year:

January: 2023

Quiet preparations continue as Sanctuary AI gears up for a groundbreaking year.

April: 2023

Mark your calendars! Sanctuary AI announces the official unveiling of Phoenix for May 16th.

May: 2023

Phoenix takes flight! The world is introduced to the sixth-generation general-purpose robot, featuring the revolutionary Carbon AI control system.

Media outlets buzz with news of Phoenix's human-like dexterity and potential applications.

June: 2023

Sanctuary AI shares a behind-the-scenes look at the development of Phoenix, offering a glimpse into the complex engineering and AI behind the robot.

Phoenix demonstrates its capabilities in a series of tasks, showcasing its ability to handle objects, operate tools, and navigate environments.

March: 2024

In March 2024, Sanctuary AI, the developer behind the Phoenix Robot, experienced significant developments, highlighted by a strategic investment and continued advancements in their humanoid robot technology. Here are the key updates:

Strategic Investment by Accenture: On March 27, 2024, Accenture made a strategic investment in Sanctuary AI through Accenture Ventures. This investment is aimed at bringing AI-powered, humanoid robotics to work alongside humans in various industries. Accenture's global advanced automation and robotics lead emphasized the potential of Sanctuary AI's robots in post and parcel, manufacturing, retail, and logistics warehousing operations. The investment is part of Accenture's broader strategy to reinvent work and support human workers amidst labor shortages.

Recognition and Capabilities of Phoenix Robot: The Phoenix Robot, developed by Sanctuary AI, was recently recognized as one of TIME magazine’s “Best Inventions of 2023.” It is capable of performing more than 100 tasks, as demonstrated at a Mark’s retail store in Langley, BC, Canada. These tasks include choosing and packing merchandise, and correctly cleaning, tagging, labeling, and folding items. Phoenix's robotic hands rival human hand dexterity and fine manipulation. The robot is powered by Sanctuary AI’s AI control system, Carbon™, which mimics subsystems found in the human brain, such as memory, sight, sound, and touch, and translates natural language into action in the real world.

Technological and AI Advancements: Sanctuary AI's Phoenix Robot is powered by Carbon™, a pioneering AI control system designed to give the robot human-like intelligence. This enables Phoenix to perform a wide range of work tasks to help address labor shortages. The Carbon platform integrates modern AI technologies to translate natural language into action, featuring explainable and auditable reasoning, task, and motion plans. It also uses deep learning and reinforcement learning, along with photo-realistic and physics-realistic world simulations for robot training.

Focus on Humanoid General-Purpose Robots: Sanctuary AI is on a mission to create the world's first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots. The company emphasizes the importance of creating a technology that can conduct physical work just like a person. To achieve this, Sanctuary AI has assembled a robust coalition of best-in-class vendors and partners, including Apptronik, Bell, Common Sense Machines, Contoro, Cycorp, Exonetik, HaptX, Magna, Tangible Research, Verizon Ventures, and Workday Ventures.

These developments in March 2024 underscore Sanctuary AI's commitment to advancing humanoid robot technology and its potential to transform the workforce by working alongside humans in various sectors. The strategic investment by Accenture and the recognition of Phoenix as one of the best inventions highlight the growing interest and confidence in Sanctuary AI's technology and its applications.