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The SophiaDAO Vision

Written by guest author, Jeanne Lim, former CEO at Hanson Robotics. The SophiaDAO Vision Sophia is an artificial being that personifies Hanson Robotics’ quest to create benevolent, living intelligent machines that live and work among us to co-create...

March 22, 2021

Building out Sophia 2020: An Integrative Platform for Embodied Cognition

Originally posted on February 1, 2021 on Medium by Alishba Imran. I’ve been working with Hanson Robotics and in collaboration with the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) & SingularityNet to...

February 3, 2021

Preparation Tech: David Hanson on Art + Human-Like Robots

May 12, 2020

Cereproc’s Technology Enhances Sophia’s Voice Through Human-Centered AI

Hanson Robotics and Cereproc Further Collaborate on Human-Centered AI to Enhance Sophia the Robot’s Voice Sophia the Robot of Hanson Robotics has a distinctive voice recognized around the world. Her speaking and...

May 3, 2020

How Hanson Robotics has Contributed to Respirator Research and Testing

The Importance of Testing Respirators Millions of healthcare workers worldwide wear respirators to protect themselves and others from respiratory diseases while treating patients. Respirators help filter virus...

April 19, 2020

What Does Sophia the Robot and a Four-Year-Old Human Have in Common (or Not)?

Sophia just turned four years old on February 14, 2020. But what does that age mean for a robot? How does Sophia compare to a four-year-old human? Watch Sophia’s 4th Birthday Bash! Sophia’s body has lost and...

February 18, 2020

Sophia Live-Tweets a Breakup

January 1, 2020

Reimagining Inclusion: Incorporating Robots into your Organization

Reimagining Inclusion: Incorporating Robots into your Organization Originally posted on December 16, 2019 by Forbes, written by Michael Chavez, CEO of Duke Corporate Education How do you view robots? A recently...

December 16, 2019

Can A.I. Teach Us How To Be More Human?

From the November 2019 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Arabia Can AI Teach Us To be More Human? We invited Sophia The Robot to Dubai to find out We now live in a world where a robot’s celebrity status draws fascination...

December 2, 2019

The Making of Sophia: How Sophia Draws

The Making of Sophia: How Sophia Draws

Introduction Hanson Robotics stands out in a crowded field of competitors because it works at the intersection of robotics, technology and artistry. While concepts of art and design are an afterthought in many AI...

November 11, 2019

10 years of Stylist: what has the past decade taught our cover stars?

October 9, 2019

The Making of Sophia: Rolling Base

Introduction Mobile robotics is a subfield of robotics focusing on locomotion, or robots that are not fixed to a single location. This can include home robots or delivery and transportation robots that move supplies...

September 25, 2019

Personality in AI: Why Someday Soon Your Toaster Could be an Extrovert

With the introduction of digital voice assistants on smartphones, tablets, computers, and smart home speakers, humans are interacting with technology more than ever before. In fact, researchers predict by 2020 the...

September 18, 2019

‘Westworld’ Star Evan Rachel Wood Meets Real-Life Robot in ‘Sophiaworld’ Short

Originally published by The Hollywood Reporter on September 4, 2019, written by Graeme McMillan. The actor, known for playing Dolores on the HBO hit, has a chance encounter with Sophia.What happens when one of...

September 6, 2019

The Making Of Sophia: Hardware Engineering for Arms and Hands

August 21, 2019

Talking Finance With Sophia the Robot: An Interview by Fortune Magazine

Talking Finance With Sophia the Robot: An Interview by Fortune Magazine Originally published on Fortune.com on August 2, 2019 by Chris Taylor. Not all artificial intelligence is created alike. Just ask Sophia the Robot...

August 14, 2019

Evan Rachel Wood Stars With Sophia the Robot in ‘SophiaWorld’ – Watch the Trailer!

Originally published on August 7, 2019 by JustJared.com. Evan Rachel Wood is teaming up with Sophia the Robot for a new movie! The 31-year-old Westworld actress and the real-life robot for the new comedy short film...

August 7, 2019

On the Future of Robots and Ethics [Video]

David Hanson, Ph.D., founder of Hanson Robotics at the DLD Conference in Bayreuth, interviewed by Jennifer Schenker on the subject of the Future of Robots and Ethics. At the recent DLD conference in Bayreuth on June...

July 2, 2019

The Making of Sophia: Facial Recognition, Expressions and the Loving AI Project

Humans are increasingly working and living alongside robots, whether on a factory floor or inside a hospital or school. This new breed of social robot must improve people’s work efficiency, and also make them feel happy...

June 18, 2019

Hanson Robotics’ CEO, Jeanne Lim on Why Marketing Needs AI, Robotics and Emotion

Originally published by The Drum on June 14, 2019, written by Charlotte McEleny Hanson Robotics is the creator of Sophia, a social humanoid robot that also happens to be the first United Nations Development...

June 18, 2019

What Marketers Need to Know from Mediacom’s Blink Event in Singapore

Originally published in The Drum on June 3, 2019 by Shawn Lim. Mediacom held its third edition of Blink Live, its innovation event on Friday (May 31) at W Sentosa in Singapore, where more than 200 marketers were in...

June 6, 2019

The Making of Sophia: Frubber®

The Making of Sophia: Frubber®

June 4, 2019

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...

April 12, 2019

Hanson Recruits Softbank Robotics Scientist as CTO

Originally published on TechCrunch by Brian Heater on April 11, 2019 Hanson Robotics announced this morning that it has hired Amit Kumar Pandey, Softbank Europe’s Chief Scientist, as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and...

April 11, 2019

Sophia the Robot British GQ

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...

March 19, 2019

Sophia Tutoring at iTutor

iTutorGroup and Hanson Robotics Creating the Future of Education with AI

March 2, 2019

Little Sophia Preview Video

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February 7, 2019

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

Originally published by Kristin Houser at Futurism on January 31, 2019 The tiny bot’s purpose goes beyond dancing and telling jokes Little Sophia You’ve probably heard of Sophia the robot. The close-to-lifelike...

February 6, 2019