Top leadership at a pioneering B.C. robotics firm is in flux this month following the departure of its co-founder and CEO.
Geordie Rose’s exit from Vancouver-based Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corp. (better known as Sanctuary AI) comes just months after raising more investment capital to develop humanoid robots.
The tech firm said in a Monday (Nov. 11) blog post that Rose is leaving his position “after much consideration” and that chief commercial officer James Wells is stepping in as interim CEO. Wells joined Sanctuary AI five years ago.
“Geordie is a pioneering force and visionary in the development of human-like intelligence and humanoid robotics,” the company said in its blog post. “We are grateful for his contributions which have laid a strong foundation for the exciting future ahead.”
Rose told a conference in Vancouver last May that he believes investment in AI-powered humanoid robots is now surging because the investing public believes such devices that think and act like humans will soon be possible to build.
While that is not yet happening, firms’ capacity to do it is getting close, said Rose, whose six-year-old company employs about 200 people.
–With files from Glen Korstrom
