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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