Phoenix™ by Sanctuary AI, Humanoid General-Purpose Robot Powered by Carbon™
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Canada’s Sanctuary AI has made a groundbreaking announcement that could change the world of robotics forever. Phoenix™ by Sanctuary AI, the world’s first humanoid general-purpose robot powered by Carbon™, a pioneering and unique AI control system. With its human-like form and function, Phoenix is explicitly designed to complete a wide range of tasks to help address the labor challenges affecting many organizations today. Moreover, what sets Sanctuary AI apart from others in the industry is its emphasis on creating a technology that can conduct physical work just like a person.
The robot can stand at 5’7″ tall and weigh 155 lbs, featuring industry-leading robotic hands with increased degrees of freedom. Carbon™ translates natural language into action and uses deep learning and reinforcement learning to enable Phoenix™ to think and act to complete tasks like a person. Both explainable and auditable reasoning, task, and motion plans, symbolic and logical reasoning, and agency and goal-seeking behaviors are part of the technology. Photo-realistic and physics-realistic world simulations are used for robot training, and human-in-the-loop supervision, teleoperation, and fleet management are also part of the technology. This innovative technology could revolutionize the way humans work and could be the first step towards creating the world’s first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots.
Phoenix™: World’s First Humanoid General-Purpose Robot
Sanctuary AI recently unveiled Phoenix™, the world’s first humanoid general-purpose robot powered by Carbon™, a pioneering and unique AI control system. Phoenix™ is designed to give human-like intelligence to the robot, enabling it to do a wide range of work to help address the labor challenges affecting many organizations today. The robot’s Carbon-based mind is what sets it apart from others in the industry.
Carbon™ AI Control System: Powering Phoenix’s Human-Like Intelligence
Carbon™ is a cognitive architecture and software platform for humanoid general-purpose robots. It integrates modern AI technologies to translate natural language into action in the real world, enabling Phoenix™
to think and act to complete tasks like a person. Carbon™ uses deep learning and reinforcement learning to adapt and improve its knowledge and capabilities. The technology has explainable and auditable reasoning, task, and motion plans, symbolic and logical reasoning, and agency and goal-seeking behaviors.
Conducting Physical Work: How Phoenix™ is Changing the Labor Landscape
What sets Sanctuary AI apart from others in the industry is its literal take on “general purpose” and emphasis on creating a technology that can conduct physical work just like a person. Phoenix™ can perform tasks like lifting, carrying, and manipulating objects in a way that mimics human capabilities. The technology can complete hundreds of tasks identified by customers from over a dozen different industries. Phoenix’s goal is to help address the labor challenges affecting organizations today.
Industry-Leading Robotic Hands: Phoenix’s Increased Degrees of Freedom
Phoenix’s hands are one of its most impressive features, with 20 degrees of freedom that rival human hand dexterity and fine manipulation with proprietary haptic technology that mimics the sense of touch. This allows Phoenix™ to perform tasks that require a high degree of precision, such as assembling small parts or manipulating delicate objects.
Translating Natural Language into Action: Carbon’s Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning
Carbon™ can translate natural language into action, enabling Phoenix™ to understand and execute tasks based on verbal commands. The technology uses deep learning and reinforcement learning to adapt and improve its knowledge and capabilities. This makes it easier for users to interact with Phoenix™ and give it commands without having to program it for every individual task.
Explainable and Auditable Reasoning: How Phoenix Thinks and Acts Like a Person
One of the most impressive features of Carbon™ is its explainable and auditable reasoning. This means that one can track Phoenix’s actions back to a specific decision-making process, making it easier to understand how the robot makes decisions and to audit its actions. Phoenix uses symbolic and logical reasoning coupled with modern LLMs (for general knowledge), domain-specific integrations, and extensions, and agency and goal-seeking behaviors to make decisions.
Realistic World Simulations: How Phoenix is Trained for Physical Work
Sanctuary AI uses photo-realistic and physics-realistic world simulations for robot training. This allows Phoenix to learn and practice physical tasks without the risk of damaging equipment or injuring people. Human-in-the-loop supervision, teleoperation, and fleet management are also part of the technology, enabling operators to monitor and control multiple robots at once.
Sanctuary AI’s Mission: Creating the World’s First Human-Like Intelligence in General-Purpose Robots
Sanctuary AI’s mission is to create the world’s first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots to address labor challenges affecting organizations today. However, to be general-purpose, a robot needs to be able to do nearly any work task, the way a person would, in the environment where the work is. While it is easy to get fixated on the physical aspects of a robot, the company’s view is that a robot is just a tool for the proprietary AI control system, the robot’s Carbon™-based mind. To sum up, this sets Sanctuary AI apart from others in the industry and positions Phoenix as a game-changer in the field of robotics.
Overall, Phoenix™, the world’s first humanoid general-purpose robot powered by the Carbon™ AI control system, represents a significant step forward in the field of robotics. With its human-like intelligence, industry-leading robotic hands, and ability to conduct physical work, Phoenix™ is proceeding to change the labor landscape and help organizations address the challenges they face. Sanctuary AI’s mission to create the world’s first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots positions them as pioneers in the industry, and we can expect to see more game-changing developments from them in the future.
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