# sanctuary.ai > AI-optimized mirror of sanctuary.ai containing 50 pages totalling 36,121 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://sanctuary.ai. Last updated: 2026-08-08T06:20:18.237Z. Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG). ## Homepage - [Physical AI for Industrial Automation | Sanctuary AI](/content/site-root.html): Discover Sanctuary AI's production-ready Physical AI platform that helps industrial leaders automate complex and dynamic manufacturing tasks. (515 words) ## Articles & Blog Posts - [our-technologies/industrial-robots/index.html](/content/our-technologies/industrial-robots/index.html) (439 words) - [press/in-the-media-press-article-four/index.html](/content/press/in-the-media-press-article-four/index.html) (963 words) - [press/in-the-media-press-article-eight/index.html](/content/press/in-the-media-press-article-eight/index.html) (359 words) - [press/humanoid-robot-performs-dexterous-tasks-with-high-precision-using-canada-firms-new-tech.html](/content/press/humanoid-robot-performs-dexterous-tasks-with-high-precision-using-canada-firms-new-tech.html) (468 words) - [Sanctuary AI Expands Physical AI Strategy to Industrial Robotics, Demonstrating Production-Ready AI Performance | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-ai-expands-physical-ai-strategy-to-industrial-robotics-demonstrating-production-ready-ai-performance.html): Production-ready performance validated with industrial-level throughput at a global Tier 1 automotive supplier Two robotic arms with cables and sensors (571 words, Jun 17, 2026) - [Daniel Friedmann Appointed CEO of Sanctuary AI | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/daniel-friedmann-appointed-ceo-of-sanctuary-ai/index.html): Sanctuary AI’s Board of Directors has appointed Daniel Friedmann as Chief Executive Officer. Daniel previously served as Chairman and assumes the role (170 words, Jun 16, 2026) - [Zeon Invests in Sanctuary AI and Partners to Advance Specialized Materials for Dexterous Robotics | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/zeon-invests-in-sanctuary-ai-and-partners-to-advance-specialized-materials-for-dexterous-robotics.html): Zeon Corporation (Zeon; head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Tetsuya Toyoshima), through its venture capital arm Zeon Ventures Inc. (328 words, May 26, 2026) - [Web Summit Reflections: Canada’s Physical AI Moment Can’t Wait | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/web-summit-reflections-canadas-physical-ai-moment-cant-wait.html): James Wells, CEO at Sanctuary AI, participating in a AI Roundtable with the Honourable Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital (580 words, May 20, 2026) - [Sanctuary AI Demonstrates Zero-Shot In-Hand Manipulation on Hydraulic Hand | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-ai-demonstrates-zero-shot-in-hand-manipulation-on-hydraulic-hand.html): Sanctuary AI has once again demonstrated its industry-leading approach to training dexterous manipulation policies for its advanced hydraulic hands. In (464 words, Apr 1, 2026) - [If You Missed Messe | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/if-you-missed-messe/index.html): Hannover Messe is one of the world’s largest industrial tradeshows, showcasing innovations in manufacturing, automation, energy, and digitalization. Sanctuary AI had the pleasure of accompanying Microsoft to Messe 2025 … (254 words, May 15, 2025) - [Sanctuary AI Leads the Industry in Controlling Advanced Hydraulic Hands Using Reinforcement Learning | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-ai-controlling-advanced-hydraulic-hands/index.html): Sanctuary AI has demonstrated advanced manipulation skills that showcase our industry-leading ability to train dexterous policies for our unique, high-performance hydraulic hands… (390 words, Apr 1, 2025) - [Sanctuary AI Leverages NVIDIA Isaac Lab to Accelerate Dexterous Learning | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-ai-leverages-isaac-lab/index.html): Sanctuary AI has demonstrated industry-leading sim-to-real transfer of learned dexterous manipulation policies for our unique, high degree-of-freedom, high strength, and high speed hydraulic hands… (329 words, Mar 18, 2025) - [Sanctuary AI Equips General Purpose Robots with New Touch Sensors for Performing Highly Dexterous Tasks | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-ai-equips-general-purpose-robots/index.html): Today Sanctuary AI, a company developing physical AI for general purpose robots, announced the integration of new tactile sensor technology … (576 words, Feb 26, 2025) - [Morgan Stanley Ranks Sanctuary AI #3 on Humanoid-Related Patent Filings | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/morgan-stanley-ranks-sanctuary-ai/index.html): Sanctuary AI has been recognized by Morgan Stanley’s Research division as a leader in humanoid robotics intellectual property, ranking third… (380 words, Feb 11, 2025) - [Sanctuary AI New Tactile Sensors Enable Richer Sense of Touch | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-ai-new-tactile-sensors-enable-richer-sense-of-touch.html): Sanctuary AI unveils a new generation of tactile sensor technology optimized to improve dexterous manipulation… (348 words, Dec 19, 2024) - [Sanctuary AI Releases New Generation of AI Robots for High Quality Data Capture | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-ai-releases-new-generation-of-ai-robots-for-high-quality-data-capture.html): Sanctuary AI presents the eighth generation of its Phoenix general purpose AI humanoid robots. This new… (312 words, Dec 16, 2024) - [Sanctuary AI Demonstrates In-Hand Manipulation Capabilities for Improved General Purpose Robot Dexterity | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-ai-demonstrates-in-hand-manipulation-capabilities-for-improved-general-purpose-robot-dexterity.html): Sanctuary AI has achieved a technological milestone on its path to mission success. The company’s 21 degrees… (368 words, Dec 12, 2024) - [Sanctuary AI Identified as Global Leader in Humanoid Patents | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-ai-identified-as-global-leader-in-humanoid-patents.html): Sanctuary ranks fourth globally for patent holdings for general purpose robotics and dexterous… (326 words, Nov 27, 2024) - [Company Leadership Update | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/company-leadership-update/index.html): Today we are announcing a significant transition within our leadership team. After much consideration... (552 words, Nov 10, 2024) - [A Transformational Few Months for Sanctuary AI | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/a-transformational-few-months-for-sanctuary-ai/index.html): The last few months have been some of our busiest for news. In the space of just six weeks, we made... (1,139 words, Aug 1, 2024) - [Sanctuary AI Announces Strategic Financing From BDC Capital and InBC | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-ai-announces-strategic-financing-from-bdc-capital-and-inbc.html): Sanctuary AI has announced a strategic investment from BDC Capital’s Thrive Venture Fund and InBC... (705 words, Jul 3, 2024) - [Sanctuary AI Announces Microsoft Collaboration to Accelerate AI Development for General Purpose Robots | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-ai-announces-microsoft-collaboration-to-accelerate-ai-development-for-general-purpose-robots.html): Sanctuary AI is collaborating with Microsoft on the development of AI models for general purpose... (638 words, May 1, 2024) - [Sanctuary AI Unveils the Next Generation of AI Robotics | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-ai-unveils-the-next-generation-of-ai-robotics.html): Sanctuary AI today unveiled the seventh generation of its general purpose robot Phoenix™. The latest... (523 words, Apr 26, 2024) - [Sanctuary AI Expands General Purpose Robot Footprint in Automotive Manufacturing Industry | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-ai-expands-general-purpose-robot-footprint-in-automotive-manufacturing-industry.html): Sanctuary AI has announced a strategic partnership with global mobility technology company Magna... (534 words, Apr 11, 2024) - [Meet the Team at Sanctuary AI | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/meet-the-team-at-sanctuary-ai/index.html): Under the leadership team, we continue to accelerate on our mission to create Physical AI… (933 words, Apr 9, 2024) - [Company and Team Update | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/company-and-team-update/index.html): These past six months have been super exciting, and interest in the work we are doing has never been... (670 words, Apr 8, 2024) - [AI Robotics and the Case for Teleoperation | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/ai-robotics-and-the-case-for-teleoperation/index.html): Last year saw a host of humanoid robots captivate audiences, who watched these robots perform... (566 words, Jan 24, 2024) - [Sanctuary AI Acquires Key IP Assets Related to Touch and Grasping, Vital to Building Truly General Purpose Robots | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-ai-acquires-key-ip-assets-related-to-touch-and-grasping-vital-to-building-truly-general-purpose-robots.html): Sanctuary AI today announced that it has acquired and is accumulating key IP assets related to... (601 words, Dec 20, 2023) - [Sanctuary AI Named on TIME’s Best Inventions of 2023 List | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-ai-named-on-time-best-inventions-of-2023-list.html): Sanctuary AI has been named on the annual TIME’s Best Inventions list for 2023, which features 200... (778 words, Oct 24, 2023) - [A Retrospective Look: Phoenix™ and Carbon™ Unveiling | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/a-retrospective-look-phoenix-and-carbon-unveiling/index.html): On May 16, 2023, Sanctuary AI unveiled Phoenix™, its sixth-generation general-purpose robot, and... (947 words, Aug 10, 2023) - [Sanctuary AI Unveils Phoenix™ - A Humanoid General-Purpose Robot Designed for Work | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-ai-unveils-phoenix-a-humanoid-general-purpose-robot-designed-for-work.html): Sanctuary AI announced a major step forward with the unveiling of its sixth-generation general-purpose... (774 words, May 16, 2023) - ["How to Create a GPR" Part 1: 5 Reasons Why We Started with Hands | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/how-to-create-a-gpr-part-one-five-reasons-why-we-started-with-hands.html): If you want to build a humanoid robot that is truly general-purpose, you can’t do it without dexterous... (1,006 words, May 8, 2023) - [How to Create a General-Purpose Robot: A New Blog Series | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/how-to-create-a-general-purpose-robot-a-new-blog-series.html): Honesty is becoming increasingly important as the AI and robotics industries continue to evolve and... (571 words, May 4, 2023) - [Honesty in Technology Communications, Marketing, and Storytelling | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/honesty-in-technology-communications-marketing-and-storytelling.html): Not everyone gets to see everything we do at Sanctuary AI as and when we do it. That said, when we... (986 words, Apr 13, 2023) - [Building an Ecosystem Designed to Build a Human-Level AI | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/building-an-ecosystem-designed-to-build-a-human-level-ai.html): Complex technologies are built by coalitions of organizations working together. When new categories... (3,995 words, Mar 7, 2023) - [Sanctuary AI Deploys First Humanoid General-Purpose Robot Commercially | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-ai-deploys-first-humanoid-general-purpose-robot-commercially.html): Sanctuary AI today announced that it has successfully completed the first ever deployment of a... (786 words, Mar 7, 2023) - [Sanctuary Cognitive Systems receives $30 million SIF Contribution from Government of Canada to help support its mission of building general-purpose robots to address labor shortages | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-cognitive-systems-receives-sif-contribution-from-government-of-canada-for-general-purpose-robots-to-address-labor-shortages.html): Sanctuary AI today announced it received a $30 million SIF (Strategic Innovation Fund) Contribution... (644 words, Nov 30, 2022) - [SIF Contribution - A $30 Million Investment in Canada’s Future | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sif-contribution-a-thirty-million-investment-in-future-of-canada.html): Sanctuary is pleased to announce that we are the recipient of a $30 million Strategic Innovation... (1,029 words, Nov 30, 2022) - [Sanctuary: A Place We Love | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-a-place-we-love-to-work-at/index.html): Sanctuary has a variety of internal initiatives we conduct to ensure we remain a place people love... (585 words, Nov 23, 2022) - [Pen to Paper: Sanctuary Guiding Principles and Corporate Values | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/pen-to-paper-sanctuary-guiding-principles-and-corporate-values.html): To ensure we remain focused on our mission and continue to foster a culture that supports its... (780 words, Nov 4, 2022) - [Trust in AI and Robotics | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/trust-in-ai-and-robotics/index.html): Accepting general-purpose robots as digital colleagues will be about trust: trust in one another is... (1,194 words, Oct 3, 2022) - [Reflections on Tesla AI Day and Our Mission Progress | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/reflections-on-tesla-ai-day-and-sanctuary-mission-progress.html): Tesla’s AI Day was a noteworthy event for the entire AI and robotics industry. This past Friday... (749 words, Oct 3, 2022) - [The Case for General-Purpose Robots Over Special-Purpose Robots | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/the-case-for-general-purpose-robots-over-special-purpose-robots.html): We invent technologies to solve problems. Sometimes the problems we face are specific and well-defined... (1,428 words, Sep 21, 2022) - [How AI and Robotics Evolves Just as Other Preceding Technologies Have | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/how-ai-and-robotics-evolves-just-as-other-preceding-technologies-have.html): The story of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics is much more than just a flashy movie drama... (1,611 words, Sep 15, 2022) - [The World's Smartest Robot is Living in Vancouver | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/the-worlds-smartest-robot-is-living-in-vancouver/index.html): It was super exciting to see the way Sanctuary showed up on Bloomberg's Hello World. It’s an exciting... (810 words, Jun 14, 2022) - [Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Closes C$75.5 Million (US$58.5 Million) Series A Funding | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-ai-closes-75-million-series-a-funding/index.html): Sanctuary AI today announced the successful closing of an oversubscribed C$75.5M (US$58.5M)... (706 words, Mar 2, 2022) - [Series A Funding - Another Step Toward Building Machines That Can Think Like People | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/series-a-funding-another-step-toward-building-machines-that-can-think-like-people.html): Today is an exciting day for Sanctuary. This morning, we publicly announced the successful closing... (656 words, Mar 2, 2022) - [Sanctuary Appoints John Watson to Board of Directors | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-appoints-john-watson-to-board-of-directors.html): Sanctuary AI announced today that it had appointed John Watson to the company’s Board of Directors... (634 words, Nov 24, 2021) - [Sanctuary Hires Philip Smith as Chief Financial Officer | Robotics News & Insights | Sanctuary AI](/content/news/sanctuary-hires-philip-smith-as-chief-financial-officer.html): Sanctuary AI announced today that it had hired experienced banking and capital markets professional... (451 words, Jun 7, 2021) ## Resources - [Full Page Index](/index.html): Browse all cached pages with rich metadata - [About This Cache](/about.html): Methodology, technical details, and usage guidelines - [XML Sitemap](/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable sitemap for crawler discovery - [Robots.txt](/robots.txt): Crawler directives