Deployment
Phoenix at Toronto
Sanctuary AI's Phoenix is a general-purpose humanoid combining a bipedal physical platform with the proprietary Carbon AI cognitive architecture. The Gen 6 specification (May 2023, the last published numerical sheet) describes a robot standing 170 cm tall, weighing 70 kg, with 20-DOF hands, 25 kg payload, and 1.34 m/s top speed.
Commercially piloted since May 2023 at Canadian Tire and Mark's retail locations, and subsequently with Magna International (2024) and an unnamed global Tier 1 automotive supplier (wire plug insertion at 99.5-plus percent success rate, 2026). Gen 8 was announced January 2025 as the current data-collection generation.
Phoenix by Sanctuary AI · Operated by Sanctuary AI · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Humanoids
Recent coverage
- Phoenix International CURV 7 ROV Completes First Operation MissionMarine Technology News · 2026-07-13
- New York Is About to Feel Hotter Than PhoenixWired · 2026-06-30
- Uber and Waymo Have Ended Their Robotaxi Tie-Up in Phoenix; Uber to Announce New PartnerBloomberg Technology · 2026-06-29
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /deployments/sanctuary-phoenix-magna-canada.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/robots/9b3917b8-30e3-4138-a2c3-6db39ed28c2c
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Footage
Sanctuary AI footage of its Phoenix humanoid performing a manipulation task, presented at human-equivalent speed. Phoenix demonstrations are teleoperated; Sanctuary has re-centered on dexterous manipulation.
Sanctuary AI's Phoenix humanoid robot was deployed at a Magna International automotive manufacturing facility in August 2023, where it was reported to complete tasks at the plant.
Key facts
- Fleet
- Phoenix humanoid robot
- Operator
- Magna International
- Start
- August 2023
- Use Case
- Automotive manufacturing facility tasks
Safety record
No incidents on record for Phoenix at Toronto.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-07-10
- Model
- Phoenix
- Company
- Sanctuary AI
- Operator
- Sanctuary AI
- Status
- pilot
- Operator type
- customer deployed
- First seen
- 2023-08-01
- ID
9b3917b8-30e3-4138-a2c3-6db39ed28c2c
Timeline
- Aug 2023First recordedPhoenix first documented operating at Toronto.
- Jul 2026Current status: pilot, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
On the deployment map
Phoenix operates in Toronto. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (2)
- Sanctuary AI: Phoenix deployed at Magna International manufacturing facility, Aug 2023 · https://sanctuary.ai/news/sanctuary-ai-becomes-first-company-to-achieve-human-level-intelligence-in-general-purpose-robot/
- TechCrunch: Sanctuary AI Phoenix at Magna automotive plant, Aug 2023 · https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/15/sanctuary-ai-gets-its-humanoid-robot-phoenix-to-complete-tasks-at-a-magna-automotive-plant/
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-10
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: humanoid
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
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