| Developers: | Sanctuary AI |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | May 2023 |
| Branches: | Electrical and Microelectronics |
| Technology: | Robotics |
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2024: Advanced Arm Development
At the end of December 2024, the Canadian company Sanctuary AI announced the development of advanced manipulator hands for the Phoenix industrial robot. Thanks to the new technology, the machine has learned to perform complex operations with high accuracy using one palm.
It is noted that usually the fingers of a robotic hand are controlled using cables connected to electric motors. This is a fairly simple, effective and inexpensive technology. However, it has a number of limitations and is not suitable for all tasks. Sanctuary AI aimed to make its Phoenix robot as versatile as possible: special manipulators with miniature hydraulic valve drives were developed for this. The implemented approach allows you to combine such characteristics as accuracy, speed and force, which is not achievable in the case of other systems.
The new type of robotic arm has 21 degrees of freedom. It is able to simultaneously hold an object and perform various actions on it. Sanctuary AI, for example, demonstrated how such a manipulator with the help of fingers cleverly rotates the dice or adjusts the width of the lock key. Such high accuracy is made possible by the force feedback system that is integrated into each drive.
Hydraulic valve actuators are said to be highly reliable, having passed more than 2 billion response cycles during comprehensive testing without any signs of degradation or leakage, which is a common hydraulic problem. The additional functionality of the manipulators is expected to eventually make humanoid robots such as the Phoenix more suitable for widespread use in the real world.[1]
2023: Product Announcement
On May 16, 2023, the Canadian company Sanctuary AI announced the development of a humanoid robot called Phoenix. It is claimed to be the world's first general-purpose humanoid robot, capable of thinking and acting like humans.
At 170 cm tall, the machine weighs approximately 70 kg. Phoenix is capable of lifting loads weighing up to 25 kg and moving at a speed of up to 4.8 km/h - a wheelbase is used, but in the future the robot will be able to walk on two legs. Particular attention was paid to his manipulator hands when creating the novelty: they have 20 degrees of freedom, which allows you to perform the most complex operations and accurately simulate human movements. In addition, the humanoid received a tactile interface that replaces his touch.
Phoenix is based on the Carbon platform - a specialized control system based on artificial intelligence algorithms. In particular, a large language model (LLM) is involved, thanks to which the robot can communicate and perceive commands in a natural language. Sanctuary AI says that thanks to its technology, Phoenix is potentially capable of performing hundreds of a wide variety of tasks that customers from different industries may face. Deep learning functions help the machine to improve itself over time. In general, the developers say, Phoenix is the most high-tech humanoid robot ever created.
 | To become universal, a robot must be able to perform almost any task in the form in which you expect it from a person, and precisely in the environment in which the work is carried out. We see a future where general-purpose robots are as common as cars, "said Geordie Rose, co-founder and CEO of Sanctuary AI.[2] |  |
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