Microsoft and Sanctuary AI to Develop Artificial Intelligence Models for Humanoid Robots

Microsoft stated that they have made an agreement with Sanctuary AI to create an artificial intelligence model that can run on humanoid-like general-purpose robots. announced. No details are given about the financial terms of the agreement between the two companies.

Founded in 2018, Sanctuary AI develops Phoenix robots using the Carbon AI control system. The company announced the seventh generation of its Phoenix robots last week. Carbon AI is expected to allow these robots to perform complex tasks on their own. This new partnership will allow Sanctuary AI to use Microsoft’s Azure cloud services for “training, inference, networking and storage.”

“AI model innovation in areas such as reasoning, planning, and human-agent collaboration,” Ashley Llorens, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Microsoft Research, said in the press release. unu and embodied We are excited to work with Sanctuary AI to accelerate business artificial intelligence research. Through our collaboration, Sanctuary AI will have access to Microsoft Azure infrastructure and services while exploring the future of general-purpose robots that can assist in a variety of use cases and industries.