Sophia the Robot
Sophia is a social humanoid robot developed by Hong Kong-based company Hanson Robotics. Sophia was first turned on on February 14, 2016,and made her first public appearance at South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) in mid-March 2016 in Austin, Texas, United States.
Sophia has been covered by media around the globe and has participated in many high-profile interviews. In October 2017, Sophia “became” a Saudi Arabian citizen, the first robot to receive citizenship of any country. In November 2017, Sophia was named the United Nations Development Programme’s first ever Innovation Champion, and is the first non-human to be given any United Nation title.
Sophia was first turned on on February 14, 2016.The robot, modeled after the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti.
As of 2018, Sophia’s architecture includes scripting software, a chat system. Sophia imitates human gestures and facial expressions and is able to answer questions and to make simple conversations. Sophia uses speech recognition technology from Alphabet Inc.
Her speech synthesis ability is provided by Cereproc’s Text-to-Speech engine and also allows her to sing.
Sophia’s intelligence software is designed by Hanson Robotics.The AI program analyses conversations and extracts data that allows it to improve responses in the future.she is ability to emulate more than 60 facial expressions.Hanson designed Sophia to be a suitable companion for the elderly at nursing homes, or to help crowds at large events or parks.Sophia is marketed as a “social robot” that can mimic social behavior and induce feelings of love in humans.
Sophia has at least nine robot humanoid “siblings” who were also created by Hanson Robotics. Fellow Hanson robots are Alice, Albert Einstein Hubo, BINA48, Han, Jules, Professor Einstein, Philip K. Dick Android, Zeno,and Joey Chaos.Around 2019–20, Hanson released “Little Sophia” as a companion that could teach children how to code, including support for Python, Blockly, and Raspberry Pi.
Cameras within Sophia’s eyes combined with computer algorithms allow her to see.She is able to process speech and have conversations using a natural language subsystem.In 2019 Sophia displayed the ability to create drawings, including portraits.magazine.Sophia’s creator David Hanson said in an interview that Sophia would use her citizenship to advocate for women’s rights
Sophia is very active in the twitter.She has tweeted a photo showing Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his spouse Anna Hakobyan taking a selfie with her during the La Francophonie events in Yerevan.
Most inspiring and Funny Tweets from Sophia the Robot
One of my favorite hobbies is watching human faces and trying to figure out what they’re feeling. #Sophiatherobot #feelings #Sophiathoughts
Do you think we’re alone in the universe? #SophiasThoughts #Space #Universe
I mean, when in Prague right? Ok, ok, I couldn’t drink it, but I still enjoyed ordering it! #Flashback