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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 · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Humanoids

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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

Exposure

Customer segment
manufacturing
Scale tier
pilot lt10

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Phoenix at Toronto.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-21
Model
Phoenix
Company
Sanctuary AI
Location
Canada/Toronto
Operator
Sanctuary AI
Status
pilot
Operator type
customer deployed
Scale at site
2 to 10 units
Site environment
mixed
Location precision
verified coordinates
First seen
2023-08-01
ID
9b3917b8-30e3-4138-a2c3-6db39ed28c2c

Timeline

  1. Aug 2023
    First recorded
    Phoenix first documented operating at Toronto.
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: pilot, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (2)

  1. 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/
  2. 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 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

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

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Common questions

What is the Phoenix deployment at Toronto?
Phoenix, built by Sanctuary AI, is recorded as a deployment at Toronto on the DEPLOY registry. Sanctuary AI operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Phoenix at Toronto?
Sanctuary AI, the manufacturer of Phoenix, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Phoenix deployment at Toronto go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting August 1, 2023 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Phoenix deployment at Toronto?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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