Sophia

Sophia, a female appearing smiling robot with realistic peachy skin, green eyes, delicate nose, and pink lips with a tooth showing smile. The top of the robots head is a translucent cover housing electronics, and the robot wears a white blazer over her robotic torso, which includes a black plate with cameras and sensors.
Sophia has become famous all over the world. Photo: Hanson Robotics

Sophia is a realistic humanoid robot capable of displaying humanlike expressions and interacting with people. It's designed for research, education, and entertainment, and helps promote public discussion about AI ethics and the future of robotics.

Creator

Hanson Robotics

Year
2016
Country
China 🇨🇳
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In 2017, the Saudi Arabian government granted Sophia honorary citizenship, an announcement that took Hanson Robotics totally by surprise.

David Hanson, a smiling dark haired man, poses with Sophia, a realistic female humanoid robot whose skin and face mimic a humans.
Sophia and its creator, David Hanson. Photo: Hanson Robotics
Close-up of the Sophia robot's face making a pained expression shows the skin used on her face.
Sophia uses a special skin material called Frubber. Photo: Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS/Getty Images

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A back view of Sophia's head highlights the translucent covering to her head, which shows it is packed with electronics.
Sophia has over 30 motors in its head. Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

Specs

Able to display an array of complex and emotional expressions. Equipped with natural language processing and speech, facial recognition, visual tracking, and other AI-based behaviors.

Status

Ongoing

Year

2016

Website

hansonrobotics.com

Width
41 cm
Height
167 cm
Weight
20 kg
Sensors

Custom wide-angle 1080p chest camera. Intel RealSense camera. Two custom 720p HD cameras (one for each eye). External USB microphone. Joint angle sensors and force sensors in arm joints. Touch sensors in fingers. Audio localization array. Inertial measurement unit (IMU).

Actuators

Head and face: Five Dynamixel XM430 servos and 23 Xpert servos. Eyes: Two Hitec HS-65MG servos. Neck: Three Dynamixel XM430 servos. Arms and hands: Two Dynamixel MX64 servos, one Dynamixel MX106 servo, four Dynamixel XM430 servos, six Xpert servos, and two MKS servos (per arm/hand).

Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
83 (Head and neck: 36 DoF; Arm and hand: 15 DoF x 2; Torso: 3 DoF; Mobile base: 14 DoF)
Materials

Frubber (actuated skin), carbon fiber, CNC aluminum, steel, Spectra fiber, Delrin thermoplastic, acrylic, polycarbonate, 3D-printed parts, and other mixed media.

Compute

3 GHz Intel i7 with 32 GB RAM, integrated GPU

Software

Ubuntu Linux OS, Ethernet, Wi-Fi

Power

110/220-V power supply or 24-V lithium-polymer battery

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