Sanctuary Phoenix Gen 2
Physical AI for Industrial Automation. Sanctuary AI develops Physical AI technology for general purpose robots, including dexterous hydraulic hands and humanoid robots, designed for complex industrial automation tasks with production-ready performance.
Primary use case: Industrial automation for complex tasks that traditional automation cannot reliably handle, including manufacturing, assembly, and warehouse operations
Height
170 cm
Weight
70 kg
Payload
25 kg
Battery
4 hrs
Specifications
Physical
Height
170 cm
Weight
70 kg
Locomotion
wheeled
Manipulation
Hand Type
hydraulic
Payload
25 kg
Power & Autonomy
Battery Life
4 hrs
Charging Time
3 hrs
AI & Compute
AI Capabilities
dexterous manipulation, autonomous task execution, multi-embodiment control, reinforcement learning for robotic control, tactile sensing, sim-to-real transfer learning
Commercial
Availability
research_only
Primary Use Case
Industrial automation for complex tasks that traditional automation cannot reliably handle, including manufacturing, assembly, and warehouse operations
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