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About Hanson Robotics
Dr. David Hanson founded Hanson Robotics for one purpose: to design, develop, produce and distribute revolutionary, interactive bio-inspired conversational robots, including the world-famous Albert-Hubo featured internationally through countless media organizations. Hanson’s family of anthropomorphic robots display a unique, artificial subconscious, partly due to their cognitive understanding of language-based interactive speech, conversational capabilities and genuine eye contact, coupled with a full range of human facial expressions. FrubberTM, or “flesh rubber”, is our proprietary spongy, structured elastic polymer that expertly mimics the movement of real human musculature and skin using 1/20th the power of other existing materials. Our Character Engine software brings the whole system to life.
Our Robots
Hanson's virtual human counterparts are designed to fit roles within the entertainment, animation, consumer/household and medical worlds. These lifetime partners can also be created as custom, one-of-kind life-sized character robots through a process known as Identity Emulation, where a real person (living or dead) is recreated in robotic form. Prior examples include the PKD Robot and the Albert-Hubo robot. Our understanding and interpretation of biological and neurological systems further secures a top leadership position within robotics and the ongoing innovation of its products and patented core technologies.
What makes our robots unique? Start with the ability to simulate unparalleled interactive, humanlike facial features thanks to Frubber™ with the integration of a broad range of leading-edge innovations in materials, hardware, software, aesthetics, characters and stories, including:
- Emulation of over 62 facial and neck muscular architectures
- Visual recognition via micro-cameras
- Face and speech recognition, eye contact tracking, and conversational operations utilizing the latest AI software
- Portable, power-efficient battery operation
- A standard computer interface
Our robots exhibit the highest level of physical functionality in the industry using an advanced motion-control system to walk, talk, maintain eye contact, recognize faces and speech patterns, and simulate a real person's personality. All of this is achieved through our advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) software architecture.
Our Team
Our team of roboticists, AI experts, scientists, technologists, hardware/software engineers and cognitive specialists are driven by Dr. David Hanson, recipient of numerous patents and grants. indeed, he is considered to be a fundamental cornerstone of the robotics industry.