Sanctuary AI · general-purpose humanoid
Phoenix
7th generation
Seventh-generation Phoenix with smaller hydraulics, more wrist, hand and elbow range, longer uptime and lower parts cost; Sanctuary said it could learn a new task in under 24 hours.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- 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
A pilot use humanoid from Sanctuary AI.
Real-world use
To be tested in Magna International auto-parts plants under a 2024 partnership.
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.
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for Phoenix (7th generation) and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
Public attention
How much public attention Phoenix (7th generation) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 5 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
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
- Further miniaturised hydraulics, cutting weight, power use and complexity.
- Hands
- More durable hydraulic hands with greater wrist, hand and elbow range of motion; improved tactile sensing. Sanctuary later demonstrated zero-shot in-hand manipulation on its hydraulic hand trained with NVIDIA Isaac Lab.
- Sensors & vision
- Improved visual acuity and tactile sensing for higher-fidelity training data.
- Compute
- Not published.
- Battery & power
- Not published.
- Materials & build
- Reduced bill of materials and faster build and commissioning time.
- AI & software
- Carbon AI; time to automate a new task cut from weeks to under 24 hours (company claim).
- Other details
- Higher uptime for training and data capture.
Named suppliers:NVIDIA
Lineage
Every Sanctuary AI humanoid in order.
Watch Phoenix (7th generation)
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
- Pilots only; units not disclosed.
- Where it is sold or used
- Canada
- Customers and pilots
- Magna International (factory testing partner, announced 2024)
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 - Magna to test Phoenix in auto-parts plants
The Logic reported Gen 7 and Magna's plan to test the robots.
The Logic - Gen 7 Phoenix unveiled
Sanctuary cited higher uptime, lower cost and better hands.
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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 (7th generation)Sanctuary AI |  Forerunner K2 'Bumblebee'Kepler Exploration RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots |  Navigator 2 (NAVIAI 2)Zhejiang Humanoid Robot Innovation CenterSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots |  Figure 03Figure AISame job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2024-04-25 | 2024-10 | 2024-08 | 2025-10-09 |
| Status | Pilot use | Pilot use | Pilot use | Commercial |
| Height | — | 175 cm | 165 cm | 173 cm |
| Weight | — | 75 kg | 60 kg | 61 kg |
| Joints | — | 52 | — | 60 |
| Speed | — | — | 5.4 km/h | 4.3 km/h |
| Payload | — | 15 kg | — | 20 kg |
| Battery | — | 8 h | — | 5 h |
| Price | — | $30,000 | — | — |
Sources
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