Event

Sanctuary AI acquires key IP assets related to touch and grasping

Dec 20, 2023 · Acquisition · Sanctuary AI · Humanoid

  • Sanctuary AI acquired key intellectual property assets related to touch and grasping, supporting its roadmap for general-purpose robots.
  • The assets came through the acquisition of Tangible Research and related assets from Giant.AI, consolidating foundational capability in contact-rich manipulation.
  • The expanded patent portfolio includes areas such as visual servoing and real-time simulation of grasping, aimed at more reliable performance in unstructured environments.

Sanctuary AI is a Canadian humanoid robotics company building general-purpose robots for labor environments. Its Phoenix platform emphasizes dexterous manipulation, tactile sensing, hydraulic hands and embodied AI for task execution.

Segment
Humanoid
Event type
Acquisition
Geography
Vancouver · Canada