Sanctuary AI announced a major step forward for humanoid robots with the unveiling of its sixth-generation general-purpose robot named Phoenix™. Phoenix is the world’s first humanoid general-purpose robot powered by Carbon™, a pioneering and unique AI control system, designed to give Phoenix human-like intelligence and enable it to do a wide range of work to …
Goldman Sachs Research estimates a $6 billion market (or more) in people-sized-and-shaped robots is achievable in the next 10 to 15 years. Such a market would be able to fill 4% of the projected US manufacturing labor shortage by 2030 and 2% of global elderly care demand by 2035. GS Research has an upside scenario …
Figure.ai came out of stealth mode to reveal that they are also making a humanoid robot. Figure.ai joins Tesla and the Teslabot, SanctuaryAI humanoid robot tested on over 100 tasks in retail stores, Engineering Arts Ameca robot, Xiaomi’s CyberOne, Agility Robotics Digit and others. The first figure robot will be fully electric, 1.6 meters tall, …
Geordi Rose is the CEO of Sanctuary AI, which has about $100 million in funding. They have deployed humanoid robots into actual commercial retail stores under a test program. During a week-long pilot test, the store, owned by retail chain Canada Tire Corporation (CTC), saw its mechanical intern handle 110 different retail-related activities in the …