There are lots of reasons to design amazing robots like Sophia, Han, Einstein and the other Hanson Robotics robo-characters. To begin with, they create exciting and unique interactions for people. These robots can...

People often ask me how it is that Sophia got so popular so quickly, or how it is that she is always rubbing elbows with big-time celebrities, world leaders and sports stars. You don’t see Pepper, for instance, chatting...

The date was Sept. 26, 1983, just after midnight in Moscow. In a small back room, alone, sat USSR Lt. Col Stanislav Petrov. His job: Watch all radar and warning the Soviets in the event of a U.S. nuclear missile strike...