Sanctuary Phoenix
checked 1 Sep 2026

Sanctuary Phoenix

Humanoid built around hydraulic dexterous hands, with teleoperation used as the data engine for autonomy.

Prototype
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What is it

Overview

The hands are the product thesis: high-DOF hydraulic hands aimed at human-equivalent manipulation, on the bet that dexterity, not locomotion, is what gates useful work.

How does it work

Stack

Open Robot MRI →
VLA / policy models
Task planning
Perception
State estimation
Whole-body control
Compute
Cameras, depth, IMU, F/T
Joint actuators
Hands / grippers
Battery, BMS
Frame, joints, legs