SOPHIA (ROBOT)

Oct. 26, 2018

Sophia, world’s first humanoid robot, arrived from Hong Kong to participate in the ongoing Vizag Fintech Festival in Visakhapatnam.

About:

  • Sophia is a humanoid robot developed by Hong Kong-based company Hanson Robotics.

  • It has been designed to respond to questions, and has been interviewed around the world.

  • It uses artificial intelligence, visual data processing and facial recognition to make simple conversations on predefined topics (e.g. on the weather).

  • In 2017, Sophia was confirmed as a citizen of Saudi Arabia. By this, Saudi Arabia has become the first country to give a robot citizenship.

Source : The Hindu

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