Humanoid Phoenix robot learns new skills in less than a day
Sanctuary AI has improved its humanoid robot Phoenix so that, together with the AI control system Carbon, it learns new skills even more quickly.
The chest of the seventh-generation humanoid robot Phoenix.
(Bild: Sanctuary AI (Screenshot))
The robotics company Sanctuary AI has released the seventh generation of its humanoid robot Phoenix, as the company announced on Thursday. The robot has received numerous hardware improvements. Sanctuary AI also promises the first "human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots". This should also enable it to learn new tasks within 24 hours.
Improved hardware
The seventh generation of Phoenix comes less than twelve months after the sixth generation of the humanoid robot. Numerous hardware improvements characterize the new version. For example, Sanctuary AI has increased the range of movement of the robot's wrists, hands and elbows. As a result, the durability of the hands has been improved. In addition, the hydraulics have been miniaturized and the mechanics reduced. This also results in a significantly lower weight, which is accompanied by lower overall power consumption. The resulting increase in the robot's operating time means that it gains time for training and data acquisition.
Phoenix's visual detection, sense of touch and force feedback have also been improved. This would enable it to collect more realistic data for training the Carbon AI control system. The robot can thus learn new tasks in less than 24 hours. For industrial applications of the all-purpose robot, this is a decisive factor in increasing the speed of task automation and enabling Phoenix to be used flexibly in industry.
The developers have also tweaked the production processes: The robot now consists of fewer parts. This means it can be built more quickly and more robots can be put into operation in less time. This has also reduced manufacturing costs.
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Carbon AI control system
"With Generation 7, we have a system that we believe comes closest to humans," says Geordie Rose, CEO and co-founder of Sanctuary AI. He is referring to the advanced AI control system Carbon behind it. The robot's improved hardware, such as optical detection and the sense of touch, enables the system to capture realistic human behavior.
"We see this not only as the foundation for universal AI robotics, but also as a decisive step towards general artificial intelligence," says Rose.
Sanctuary AI is pursuing ambitious plans with Phoenix: at the beginning of April, the robotics company announced that the vehicle manufacturer Magna will use the Phoenix robot as a universally applicable AI robot in the production of automotive components. Under the terms of the cooperation, Magna will also manufacture the robot on behalf of Sanctuary AI.
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