Sanctuary AI Phoenix (Gen 8)
Sanctuary AI · Canada · In customer pilots
Made by Sanctuary AI in Canada, Sanctuary AI Phoenix (Gen 8) is a wheeled humanoid, announced in 2024. It is in paid customer pilots. We rank it #29 of 106 with 39/100: hands is the strong point, locomotion the weak one.
What it has shown
reorientation of cube into brushes (hydraulics), retail tasks in Mark's pilot
How it compares
| Model | Overall | Locomotion | Manipulation | Hands | Autonomy | Deployment | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanctuary AI Phoenix (Gen 8) | 39 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | n/a |
| MagicLab MagicBot Gen1 | 40 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 | n/a |
| 1X NEO | 39 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | $20,000 |
| Astribot S1 | 39 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 1/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 | n/a |
| Booster T1 | 39 | 4/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 4/5 | n/a |
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Specifications
| Maker | Sanctuary AI |
| Country | Canada |
| Status | In customer pilots |
| Form factor | wheeled |
| Announced | 2024 |
| Height | 170 cm |
| Weight | 70 kg |
| Hand DoF | 21 |
| Payload | 25 kg |
| AI stack | Carbon (in-house) + teleoperation |
| Customers | Magna, Canadian Tire / Mark's (pilot) |
| Not disclosed | degrees of freedom, top speed, runtime, price, units deployed |
Notes and sources
Gen 8 (Dec 2024) on wheelbase; height/weight/payload according to Gen 6. Hydraulic hand 21 DoF with tactility, demo in-hand manipulation Apr. 2026. In 2026, the focus shifted to software for industrial manipulators; no new generations of Phoenix found
FAQ
How does Sanctuary AI Phoenix (Gen 8) compare with 1X NEO?
1X NEO has the same overall score (39) and is listed one place higher: locomotion 3 vs 1, hands 3 vs 5.