Sanctuary AI says its new robot is ready for real work.
The Vancouver, B.C., company unveiled what it describes as the first commercially available, general-purpose robot of its kind: a 5-foot, 7-inch working machine named Phoenix, powered by an advanced AI software system called Carbon.
Phoenix features dexterous hands intended to perform tasks ranging from stocking shelves to unloading a truck to working a register.
It is Sanctuary’s sixth-generation robot. The announcement follows a successful pilot deployment of the company’s fifth-generation robot at a Canadian Tire Corp. store, where it was able to successfully complete more than 110 different tasks, or 40% of all the tasks that need to be performed at the store.
Sanctuary wants use general-purpose robots to fill gaps in the labor market, using a “labor as a service” business model in which robots integrate seamlessly into a workforce. It says customers will pay negotiated rates for the work the robots complete, without any upfront capital investments or changes in their operations.
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