Mark's retail store (Langley, BC) - week-long pilot, 110 retail tasks
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
🇨🇦 Sanctuary Phoenix Gen 7
Sanctuary AI · Canada · unveiled 2023
retired
teleoperated
hydraulic
data confidence: medium
Watch changes · Evidence history · Cited research export · Plan a pilot
Score breakdown
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%35.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%95.0
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%33.2
Hardware & Engineering · 15%68.5
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%25.0
Ecosystem & Viability · 10%0.0
Each pillar is scored 0–100 from published specs, then weighted into the HMX. Compare it only with other humanoid robots — each category uses its own reference scales. See the full methodology →
Notable
Gen 7 was the last bipedal Phoenix, claimed to learn tasks in under 24 hours (unverified). It was retired from commercial marketing in June 2026 when Sanctuary pivoted to Physical AI software.
Deployment evidence
Legacy mentions are unverified. A partnership or announcement is not proof of an active deployment. Evidence labels do not change HMX v2 scoring.
Magna International (automotive manufacturing pilots)
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
Specifications
Evidence is attached to each value. Robot-wide source links do not verify every field. A source about an older value cannot support the current specification.
Height
170.0 cm
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Weight
70.0 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Payload
25.0 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Travel speed
0.83 m/s
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Runtime
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Battery
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Total DoF
40 DoF
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Hand DoF per hand
20 DoF
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Dexterous hands
Yes
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Actuation
hydraulic
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Form factor
bipedal
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Onboard compute
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
AI model
Carbon AI control system
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Autonomy
teleoperated
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Product status
retired
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Indicative price
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Funding
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Company valuation
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Sanctuary Phoenix Gen 7 in context: rank, rivals and specs
Compare with Kawasaki Heavy Industries RHP Kaleido 9 →Phoenix Gen 7 is a humanoid robot from Sanctuary in Canada, and it is retired. It scores 46.8 on the Humanoid Metric, ranking 85th of 156.
On the leaderboard it sits between Kawasaki Heavy Industries RHP Kaleido 9 (HMX 46.9) and Humanoid HMND 01 (HMX 46.7).
Against the 156 humanoid robots ranked, its clearest strength is manipulation & dexterity (95.0 against a median of 41.3) and its clearest weakness is commercial readiness & deployment (25.0 against 67.0).
By the published specifications, it has more degrees of freedom per hand than 89% of the 72 other humanoid robots publishing a per-hand figure (20), is slower than 89% of the 62 other humanoid robots publishing a speed (0.83 m/s) and carries more payload than 86% of the 97 other humanoid robots publishing a payload (25 kg).
On autonomy, it is remotely operated in its public demonstrations, which the index caps low however capable the hardware. 2 deployment claims are on record, none yet backed by a customer, the press or the vendor.
Its specifications carry a medium-confidence grade from 2 cited sources, as of 2026-08.
Task evidence
Task capability is not inferred from hardware specifications or general autonomy labels. Find robots for a task →
No task-specific evidence recorded. Capability remains unknown.
Sources · robot-level references, as of 2026-08
- https://theagenttimes.com/agents/article/sanctuary-ai-unveils-phoenix-gen-7-humanoid-robot-with-sub-2-bc06f578
- https://betakit.com/sanctuary-marks-first-commercial-test-of-human-like-robots-in-marks-clothing-store/
Machine-readable: HIS Layer 0 manifest · what's this?
Frequently asked questions about the Sanctuary Phoenix Gen 7
How much does the Sanctuary Phoenix Gen 7 cost?
Sanctuary has not published a price for the Sanctuary Phoenix Gen 7, and none is estimated here.
What are the Sanctuary Phoenix Gen 7's specs?
Published specifications: payload 25 kg, speed 0.83 m/s, degrees of freedom 40, degrees of freedom per hand 20, height 170 cm, weight 70 kg. Not published: runtime.
Is the Sanctuary Phoenix Gen 7 autonomous?
The Sanctuary Phoenix Gen 7 is remotely operated in its public demonstrations, which the index caps low however capable the hardware. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.
How does the Sanctuary Phoenix Gen 7 compare to the Kawasaki Heavy Industries RHP Kaleido 9?
On the HMX, the Sanctuary Phoenix Gen 7 scores 46.8 and the Kawasaki Heavy Industries RHP Kaleido 9 46.9. The Sanctuary Phoenix Gen 7 leads on manipulation & dexterity, mobility & locomotion and hardware & engineering; the Kawasaki Heavy Industries RHP Kaleido 9 leads on autonomy & intelligence and commercial readiness & deployment.
Who makes the Sanctuary Phoenix Gen 7?
The Sanctuary Phoenix Gen 7 is made by Sanctuary, in Canada.
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Change history · 1 applied update
- New model New model: Phoenix Gen 7 (Sanctuary AI) 2026-08-23T01:04:39+00:00 · by agent-bulk
Data confidence: medium. Some figures for this robot rest on single or conflicting sources, or on manufacturer/aggregator material rather than independent reporting. Treat second-order specs as approximate. Fields marked “—” were genuinely undisclosed and left blank rather than estimated.