Sanctuary AI · general-purpose humanoid
Phoenix
6th generation
Sixth-generation Sanctuary robot with 20-degree-of-freedom hydraulic hands and the Carbon AI control system, aimed at general labor. Sanctuary's demos often used a wheeled-base or upper-body configuration.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 170 cmTaller than 59%
- Weight
- 70 kgHeavier than 60%
- Payload
- 25 kgCarries more than 86%
- Speed
- 4.8 km/hFaster than 48%
- Battery
- —Not published
Not for sale: Sanctuary's site no longer markets Phoenix; it now offers 'Commercial Inquiries' for its AI on third-party robots.
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Why it matters
Canada's best-known general-purpose humanoid; did paid work in a retail store before most rivals.
Real-world use
Completed a first commercial deployment in March 2023 at a Mark's store in Langley, BC, doing over 100 tasks.
Maker
Sanctuary AICompany · founded 2018 · Vancouver, CanadaUp to $140M raised by Nov 2024 including a $75.5M Series A and a C$30M Strategic Innovation Fund contribution.
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Phoenix (6th generation) is taller than 59% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Phoenix (6th generation) is heavier than 60% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Phoenix (6th generation) is faster than 48% of the 122 other humanoids that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Phoenix (6th generation) carries more than 86% of the 132 other humanoids that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: joints, battery, price.
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for Phoenix (6th generation) and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
Public attention
How much public attention Phoenix (6th generation) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 5 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
- 1 reported deployment
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- Actuators & motors
- Hydraulically actuated hands (Sanctuary later describes miniaturised hydraulics); body actuator details not published.
- Hands
- 20 DoF per hand with proprietary haptic (touch) sensing.
- Sensors & vision
- Sanctuary calls it its most sensor-rich humanoid; specifics not published.
- Compute
- Not published.
- Battery & power
- Not published.
- AI & software
- Carbon AI control system combining symbolic reasoning with LLMs, deep and reinforcement learning, physics-realistic simulation, and human-in-the-loop teleoperation and fleet management.
- Other details
- Payload up to 25 kg (55 lb); top speed about 4.8 km/h (3 mph).
Lineage
Every Sanctuary AI humanoid in order.
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- Not for saleSanctuary's site no longer markets Phoenix; it now offers 'Commercial Inquiries' for its AI on third-party robots.
- Sold or delivered
- Paid commercial deployment from March 2023 (company); units not disclosed.
- Where it is sold or used
- Canada
- Customers and pilots
- Mark's and Sport Chek (Canadian Tire group retail deployments)
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Trial ended
Mark's (Canadian Tire Corporation) · Mark's store, Langley · Langley · since 2023-01
A Sanctuary general-purpose robot did 110 retail tasks such as picking, folding and labelling in a week-long pilot at a Mark's store in Langley, BC. Week-long pilot by an earlier-generation Sanctuary robot Inside Logistics
News
The latest 5, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Sanctuary also sells its robot brain
Forbes coverage listed by Sanctuary says it now licenses its AI for other robots as well as building Phoenix.
Sanctuary AI - Physical AI strategy extends to industrial robots
Sanctuary said it was applying its AI to industrial robotics platforms beyond Phoenix.
Sanctuary AI - Co-founder Geordie Rose steps down as CEO
Chief commercial officer James Wells became interim CEO; Sanctuary had raised up to $140M.
The Logic - Seventh-generation Phoenix replaces Gen 6
Sanctuary unveiled Gen 7 with faster task automation and lower build cost.
VKTR - Phoenix unveiled
Sanctuary introduced Phoenix and its Carbon AI control system.
Sanctuary AI
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Phoenix (6th generation)Sanctuary AI |  Navigator 2 (NAVIAI 2)Zhejiang Humanoid Robot Innovation CenterSame jobs: industrial, retail · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  AtomDobot (Shenzhen Yuejiang Technology)Same jobs: industrial, retail · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  Jingchu-1Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Ding Han team) / Hubei Jingchu Humanoid Robot Co.Same jobs: industrial, retail · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2023-05-16 | 2024-08 | 2025-03-18 | 2025-02-05 |
| Status | Pilot use | Pilot use | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | 170 cm | 165 cm | 153 cm | 170 cm |
| Weight | 70 kg | 60 kg | 62 kg | 65 kg |
| Joints | — | — | 28 | — |
| Speed | 4.8 km/h | 5.4 km/h | 5.4 km/h | — |
| Payload | 25 kg | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | $27,500 | — |
Sources
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