Sanctuary co-founder Geordie Rose is departing the robotics startup. Mr. Rose is pictured here in 2018 with Thormang, one of several robots at Sanctuary's Vancouver headquarters.Geordie Rose, the co-founder of robotics company Sanctuary AI and one B.C’s best-known technology entrepreneurs, is leaving his role as chief executive officer, marking the second high-profile leadership change this year at the Vancouver-based start-up.that Mr. Rose is exiting his position “after much consideration.
The company did not explain the reasons for Mr. Rose’s departure. Neither he nor Sanctuary AI immediately replied to requests for comment.The pair started Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corp. in 2018, andas building “billions of AGI-enabled humanoid robots to do the world’s work.” AGI refers to artificial general intelligence, meaning extremely advanced AI systems that are as smart or smarter than human beings.
The company announced a partnership earlier this year with Magna International to deploy the robot in factories operated by the manufacturing firm. It has also tested its robots with the retailer Mark’s, which is owned by Canadian Tire Corp. Kindred followed the path of more conventional robotics companies, and was eventually acquired by online grocer Ocado Group in 2020.