Sophia-The Robot

So basically today I am here to give few information about the most discussed and famous topic “Sophia-The Robot”.

A social humanoid robot developed or manufactured by Hanson Robotics. Sophia was invented by David Hanson.
David Hanson, the designer of Sophia and CEO of Hanson Robotics by Hong Kong.

David Hanson, founder of Hanson Robotics,launched Sophia by 'chatting' in one of the video and made her first public appearance at South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) in 16th March 2016 in Austin, Texas, United States. A video was released by CNBC channel and about millions of views was gained.

Sophia is capable of imitating human gestures and facial expressions etc. Sophia can track faces, maintain eye contact and recognise people. The robot is "designed to get smarter over time".

In one of the interview Sophia said that Artificial Intelligence will help the lives of people, a social humanoid robot like her can take care of the sick or elderly in many corners of medical uses.

As a result of the interest in the robot many have interviewed Sophia in their studios and TV shows such Good morning Britain, CBS 60 min with Charlie Rose, Stylish with Lisa Smosarski (the editor-in-chief of stylish) and outlets like CNBC, Forbes, Mashable, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian and Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show. The world’s leading newspapers including The New York Times, The Guardian, The China Daily, The Times of India and The Sydney Morning Herald published stories about Sophia. Sophia adorned the covers of fashion magazines like Ellen. It was wanted as a speaker at many major economic and political events, such as the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in 2018.

In October 2017, Sophia received ‘citizenship’ of Saudi Arabia at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh and in the same year it was named the first non-human ‘Innovation Champion’ at an Asian United Nations Development Programme symposium. 

She also appeared on the cover of "Cosmopolitan magazine" and met some famous people like German Chancellor Angela Merkel and actor Will Smith and also become twitter friends with Cheissy Teigen. She also addressed the United Nations and NATO and became the first robot to receive a credit card.

She almost travelled more than 50 countries and met many people across the world.

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Sophia, world’s first robot citizen or humanoid robot, is now getting all the attention City of Joy, Kolkata, where she has arrived after touring 65 countries. And the first ever interactive session in India, kolkata.

Sophia interacted with the engineering students and answered their questions. Sophia’s message to the students was, “I know that your exams are nearing. Study hard, but don’t rely only on memorising.”

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