Who is Sophia?


Sophia is a social humanoid robot developed by Hong Kong based company Hanson Robotics.In October 2017, Sophia became the first robot to receive citizenship of any country.In November 2017, Sophia was named the United United Nation's Development Programme's first ever Innovation Champion, and is the first non-human to be given any United Nations title.

Sophia was activated on February 14, 2016. The robot, modeled after actress Audrey Hepburn is known for human-like appearance and behavior compared to previous robotic variants. According to the manufacturer, David Hanson, Sophia uses artificial intelligence, visual data processing and facial recognition. Sophia also imitates human gestures and facial expressions and is able to answer certain questions and to make simple conversations on predefined topics (e.g. on the weather). Sophia uses voice recognition(speech-to-text) technology from Alphabet Inc. (parent company of Google) and is designed to get smarter over time. 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.

Hanson designed Sophia to be a suitable companion for the elderly at nursing homes, or to help crowds at large events or parks. He has said that he hopes that the robot can ultimately interact with other humans sufficiently to gain social skills.

Sophia has 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.

Features:-

Cameras within Sophia's eyes combined with computer algorithms allow her to see. It can follow faces, sustain eye contact, and recognize individuals. It is able to process speech and have conversations using a natural language subsystem. Around January 2018 Sophia was upgraded with functional legs and the ability to walk.

Sophia with Will Smith

Sophia is conceptually similar to the computer program ELIZA, which was one of the first attempts at simulating a human conversation.The software has been programmed to give pre-written responses to specific questions or phrases, like a chatbot. These responses are used to create the illusion that the robot is able to understand conversation, including stock answers to questions like "Is the door open or shut?" The information is shared in a cloud network which allows input and responses to be analysed with blockchain technology.

David Hanson has said that Sophia would ultimately be a good fit to serve in healthcare, customer service, therapy and education. Sophia runs on artificially intelligent software that is constantly being trained in the lab, so its conversations are likely to get faster, Sophia's expressions are likely to have fewer errors, and it should answer increasingly complex questions with more accuracy

       So now Sophia is the first humanoid robot to acquire the citizenship of any country and It is the citizen of Saudi Arabia and Sophia is very active in Social media's.So this could be a great inspiration for future artificial intelligence and Robotics.