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Sanctuary AI announces its latest generation hydraulic actuation hand, capable of precise manipulation. Hydraulics have significantly more power density than electric actuators in terms of force and velocity. Sanctuary claims to have invented miniaturized valves that are 50x faster and 6x cheaper than off-the-shelf hydraulic valves. The company also... show more
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I got to chat with the interim CEO of Sanctuary, James Wells, at the Humanoids Summit yesterday. He was really confident about their ‘hands-first’ development roadmap and their ability to leverage their IP portfolio.

I do like Sanctuary’s focus on hands since that is one of my three key techs needed for humanoids. However their claim that hydraulics are faster than electric “per unit volume” of actuator is a useless factoid. Tesla gets around electric actuator bulk by putting them in the forearm and using “ligaments” to control the fingers. Meaning, there is more to engineering than focus on one metric. I’ll be betting on electric actuators to win.

They are focusing on heavier-duty high-force manipulation. Packaging and miniaturization need work for sure.

look really primitive and bulky compared to teslas or 1x design and with less actuators so less control and the massive hydraulic hose isnt helping and the hydraulic power density thing just isnt true anymore even boston dynamics got rid of hydraulics electric is just better now

Hydraulic actuators definitely generate significantly more force per unit volume, but there are other factors that favor electric actuators.

Didnt Boston Dynamics scrap their hydraulic robots for electric motors after years of using hydraulics?

Im pretty sure that hydraulics are too expensive to make sense when compared to electric actuators. I say this because I imagine the cost of having to assemble and disassemble the components every time it begins leaking. Hydraulic seals don't last very long under perfect conditions. Now imagine the hand working with abrasive dust and all that getting on all those tiny little seals. I must be missing something because it seems too finicky to own after 5 years. Sure you can get much higher quality seals that won't oxidize as quick but you are still looking at massive overhaul costs periodically. Idk that's my shitty opinion on that

Hydraulics seem like a backwards step.🤔

Maybe @BostonDynamics changed directions too soon.

@BostonDynamics The rest of the Phoenix body moves through electromagnetic actuation. Only the hand is hydraulic actuated
