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Phoenix vs Sophia
Phoenix, from Sanctuary AI, lists at Enterprise R&D — not publicly priced; Sophia, from Hanson Robotics, at Not sold to consumers — a research and exhibition platform. The desktop Little Sophia retails around $149.. Here's how the two compare across price, realism, specifications and availability.
| Status | Announced | Shipping |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Research | Humanoid |
| Form | Full body | Torso |
| Presents as | Non-gendered | Female-presenting |
| Price | Enterprise R&D — not publicly priced | Not sold to consumers — a research and exhibition platform. The desktop Little Sophia retails around $149. |
| Subscription | — | — |
| Availability | Research & pilots | Operational since 2016 |
| Origin | Canada | Hong Kong |
| Realism index | 30/100 | 40/100 |
| Height | 170 cm · 5 ft 7 in | ~167 cm · 5 ft 6 in (with legs; usually shown as a torso on a base) |
| Weight | 70 kg | — |
| Skin & materials | Industrial | Frubber face and neck; transparent rear skull; decorative body |
| Actuation | Hydraulic hands — up to 21 DOF each | 30+ motors in the head and face |
| Power | Undisclosed | — |
| Runtime | Undisclosed | — |
| AI & conversation | 'Carbon' control system on Microsoft Azure | Hybrid — scripted dialogue, a chatbot, OpenCog reasoning and LLMs; neural-net face and emotion recognition |
| Voice | — | Synthesised speech; primarily English |
| Mobility | Walks ~3 mph | Very limited — static or wheeled; a legged variant has been demoed but barely walks |
| Expressions | None | 60+ facial expressions; gaze tracking |
| Languages | — | Primarily English; multilingual demos |
| Connectivity | Fingertip tactile sensor arrays | Wi-Fi; cameras in the eyes and chest |