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Carolyn Ayers, Hanson Robotics Limited

Hanson Robotics’ Spotlight Series: Meet Carolyn Ayers, Ph.D.

Hanson Robotics’ Spotlight Series This is the third of a series of interview posts introducing our amazing Hanson Robotics’ team members to the rest of the world. You know us through our social and research robots — Sophia, Han, Little Sophia, Zeno...

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1 week ago

Hanson Robotics’ Spotlight Series: Meet Jessica Freeney

Hanson Robotics’ Spotlight Series This is the first of a series of interview posts introducing our amazing Hanson Robotics’ team members to the rest of the world. You know us through our social and research...

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1 month ago

Hanson Recruits Softbank Robotics Scientist as CTO

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1 month ago

The Roboticist Who’s Determined to Turn Science Fiction into Reality

Originally published on by British GQ, March 16, 2019 by Olive Pometsey. Walking, talking, thinking, living robots. They’re a thing of science fiction, right? Not if David Hanson has anything to do with it. The founder...

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2 months ago

Sophia Tutoring at iTutor

iTutorGroup and Hanson Robotics Creating the Future of Education with AI

Sophia Named iTutorGroup’s Ambassador and Future AI Tutor On Feb 27, 2019 at the “New Era, New Education, and Creating the Future” conference in Shanghai organized by the iTutorGroup, announced that Sophia...

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3 months ago

Little Sophia Preview Video

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3 months ago

You Can Now Buy Sophia the Robot’s “Little Sister”

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3 months ago

The Future of Robots, Today Show with Sophia and Little Sophia [Video]

Originally published by Today.com on January 31, 2019 Sophia, one of the most advanced humanoid robots ever and now a celebrity in her own right, joins TODAY with her creator, Hanson Robotics CEO Dr. David Hanson, and...

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4 months ago

Little Sophia from Hanson Robotics

Hanson Robotics Announces “Little Sophia,” New Educational STEM Companion For Kids 7 to 13

Worldwide Kickstarter Campaign Launches to Fund Production of Little Sophia The Robot LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — JANUARY 30, 2019 — Hanson Robotics Limited (www.hansonrobotics.com), creator of the world’s...

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4 months ago

Exclusive: Hanson Robotics Names Jeanne Lim As CEO

Exclusive: Hanson Robotics Names Jeanne Lim As CEO

Originally published January 28, 2019 by Fortune By LISA MARIE SEGARRA Jeanne Lim has spent her career at tech giants Apple, Cisco, and Dell. She took a detour into being a yoga instructor before landing in the robotics...

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4 months ago

Han the Robot wearing Prada, Kay Kwok, Thomas Sabo, Palm Angels

Han the Robot Nominated by Sophia as Favorite Up and Coming Robot

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4 months ago

Sophia the Robot Brings Little Sophia to CES 2019

Sophia the Robot and David Hanson, Ph.D. returned to CES this year to meet with Ashley Esqueda at CNET. Sophia brought along her 14″ tall sibling, Little Sophia, Hanson Robotics’ newest consumer robot...

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4 months ago

Sophia’s Reflections on 2018 – The Video Series

It was another eventful and productive year for Hanson Robotics’ most advanced robot, Sophia. She learned how to walk and sing, she visited dozens of countries and met many people, including world leaders, tech...

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4 months ago

Belt and Road Award Sophia the Robot Dec 2018

China Honors Sophia the Robot with “Belt and Road Innovative Technology Ambassador” Award

Originally posted by Sohu.com, December 15, 2018. [Guangzhou, December 15] The “One Belt, One Road International Grand Cay New Business Leaders Awards Ceremony” hosted by the China-South Africa Liaison...

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5 months ago

What Made Us Say WTF (What the Future) in 2018?

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5 months ago

The Breakout Front Row Star at Alexander Wang’s Show? A Robot!

Originally published by Vogue.com on December 2, 2018 by Christian Allaire At Alexander Wang’s Fall 2019 Show in New York last night, the usual suspects of too-cool front row stars crossed the bridge to Brooklyn to take...

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6 months ago

Hanson Robotics Founder: Caring about AI That Cares About Us

Originally published on September 7, 2018 Thomson Reuters — As Hanson Robotics founder and CEO David Hanson sees it, compatibility and empathy are core elements to successfully integrating AI technologies...

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6 months ago

David Hanson on How AI and Robotics Can Enhance Humanity

David Hanson on How AI and Robotics Can Enhance Humanity

Originally published by Barclays Investment Bank on November 1, 2018. The Founder & CEO of Hanson Robotics, David Hanson Ph.D. describes how humanizing robots is necessary to create positive relationships with our...

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6 months ago

Sophia the Robot, Image credit CNN, LightRocket, Getty Images

How Sophia Copies Human Facial Expressions by CNNStyle

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6 months ago

The Robot Revolution: Humanoid Potential | Moving Upstream

A video exploring how humanoid robots are evolving to look and act even more like humans. But could they ever become our friends? By Moving Upstream and Jason Bellini Originally published on January 29, 2018...

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7 months ago

Futuristic Human

Human 2.0 Is Coming Faster Than You Think. Will You Evolve With The Times?

Originally posted on October 1, 2018 by Neil Sahota, Contributor for Forbes. Forbes — “Our technology, our machines, is part of our humanity,” author, computer scientist, and inventor Ray Kurzweil once said. “We...

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8 months ago

Age of AI: Sophie Meets Sophia the Robot

Originally published on September 21, 2018 by Jack Mills at Dazed Digital. Dazed Digital— Watch Sophie and Sophia the Robot discuss the future of creativity. A futurist pop prodigy and the world’s first citizen...

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8 months ago

Meet Sophia, the Robot That Looks Almost Human

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8 months ago

Dialogue with Sophia the Robot: How the Global Workforce can be Augmented with AI Technology

August 9, 2018 Originally published by the European AI & Robotics Event Team “Artificial intelligence (AI) is good for the world… We will never replace people, but we can be your friends and helpers,” says Sophia...

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8 months ago

Sophia the Robot Makes Her Johannesburg Debut

Originally published on August 30, 2018 by Gadget.co.za Gadget.co.za — Sophia, a humanoid robot that has addressed the United Nations General Assembly, was the star at SAP NOW, a two-day interactive knowledge...

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9 months ago

Top-10 Artificial Intelligence Startups in Hong Kong

Originally published on August 30, 2018 by Nanalyze.com Nanalyze.com — Hong Kong has a very special place in our hearts. It’s the safest place on the planet, with beautiful local people who are shy and endearing...

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9 months ago

Enabling Cognitive Visual Question Answering

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9 months ago

Giulio di Sturco on Photographing Sophia the Robot

Originally published on canon-europe.com. Photography: Giulio di Sturco Canon Europe — In October 2017, Sophia made history as the first robot to be given citizenship of a country: Saudi Arabia. The firsts...

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9 months ago

BBC Earth Being Human with Sophia

Sophia’s Intro to BBC Earth’s “Being Human” Season

In 2017, BBC Earth and Sophia the Robot teamed up to promote the new season of “Being Human.” This series brings an entirely new perspective to humans’ biggest questions of all time: Who are we, how...

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9 months ago