Sophia is an eerily lifelike humanoid robot ... Mr Hanson said he aims to sell 'thousands' of robots in 2021, both large and small, without providing a specific number. Social robotics professor ...

In conjunction with Singularity Studio, the robot resembles the company’s [Sophia] robot which is made to be as realistic as possible given current technology and, apparently, has Saudi citizenship.

Saudi Arabia granted Sophia the humanoid robot with robot citizenship ahead of the Future Investment Initiative conference. Following is a transcript of the video. This robot just became a citizen.

Sophia isn't your typical robot. The humanoid robot was granted legal citizenship in Saudi Arabia, making Sophia the world's first-ever robot citizen. And after a whirlwind press tour where we had ...

The Wall Street Journal’s Geoffrey Fowler and Joanna Stern interview Sophia, Hanson Robotics’s latest creation, and the chief scientist, Dr. Ben Goertzel, at the Converge tech conference in ...

What did the robot say in the graduation speech? USA Today shared a transcript of the robot’s commencement speech. It wore a blue dress with the D’Youville University hoodie on top.

Sophia, the world-famous robot won hearts at an innovation fair in Zimbabwe last week. Boasting the ability to mimic facial expressions, hold human-like conversations with people, and recognize ...

Sophia the robot might not have a heart or brain, but it does have Saudi Arabian citizenship. As of October 25, Sophia is the first robot in history to be a full citizen of a country. Sophia was ...

"Why?" I asked. "I am not sure I understand why yet." Not an altogether terrible answer from Sophia, an AI robot, in an interview with Business Insider last week at Web Summit in Lisbon.