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This document discusses Sophia, a social humanoid robot created by Hanson Robotics. [1] It provides background on Sophia's creation in 2015, capabilities like facial expressions, and recognition as the first robot citizen of Saudi Arabia. [2] The document also outlines Sophia's features such as vision and speech recognition systems, potential roles, and advantages like use in healthcare while acknowledging disadvantages like job replacement concerns. [3]

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Sophia Robot

This document discusses Sophia, a social humanoid robot created by Hanson Robotics. [1] It provides background on Sophia's creation in 2015, capabilities like facial expressions, and recognition as the first robot citizen of Saudi Arabia. [2] The document also outlines Sophia's features such as vision and speech recognition systems, potential roles, and advantages like use in healthcare while acknowledging disadvantages like job replacement concerns. [3]

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Sophia Robot

By : Ibtisam Dawoud & Wafaa Abed Al-lateef


To: Akram Redwan
CONTENTS
 Introduction
 History
 Features
 Public figure
 Events
 Advantages
 Disadvantages
 Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
 Sophia is a social humanoid robot developed by Hong
Kong based company Hanson Robotics.

 Sophia was activated on April 19,2015.

 She made her first public appearance at South by


Southwest Festival in mid-March 2016 in United States.

 She was able to display more than 62 facial expressions.

 In October 2017, Sophia became a Saudi Arabian citizen ,


the first robot to receive citizenship in any country.
HISTORY
 Sophia was created by Henson Robotics in collaboration
with AL developers.

 Sophia also imitates human gestures and facial expression


and is able to answer certain questions and make a simple
conversation on pre defined topics(e.g. weather).

 Sophia uses voice recognision technology from Alphabet


Inc.(parent google company) and is designed to get
smarter overtime.

 Sophia has seven robot Humanoid “siblings” who were


also created by Henson Robotics.
FEATURES
 Cameras within sophia’s eyes combined with computer
algorithms allow her to see.

 She can follow faces ,sustain eye contact ,and recognize


individuals.

 She is able to process speech and have conversations using


Alphabet’s Goggle Chrome voice recognisition technology and
other tools.
FEATURES

 The software has been programmed to give pre-written


responses to specific questions or phrases.

 Sophia would ultimately be a good fit to serve in


healthcare,customer service,therapy and education.
EVENTS
 This is historical to be the first robot in the world to be
recognized with citizenship.

 Sophia also visited India for the first time in IIT Bombay’s
Tech fest on 30 December.

 On November 21, 2017 sophia was named the United


Nations Development programme’s first ever Innovation
Champion for Asia and the Pacific.

 On October 11, 2017, Sophia was introduced to the United


Nations with a brief conversation with the United Nations
Deputy Secratery-General,Amina J. Mohammed.
Con.
 In a interview with Business Insider’s chief UK editor Jim
Edwards,he predicted it was a step towards
“conversational artificial intelligence”.

 Sophia also impressed CNBC interviewer,in which she was


interviewed like a human.

 Recently on March 21 , 2018 ,sophia addressed a


conference in Kathmandu Nepal as a part of UN’s
Sustainable Development Goals in Asia.
ADVANTAGES
 Sophia can be used for healthcare sector .

 Sophia can solve CBI and FBI cases very easily.

 She can be good friend to those children and adults who


feel lonely.

 She can be a good teacher in villages and city colleges.

 She can be a business robot.

 As she has artificial intelligence she can generations for


millions of years.
DISADVANTAGES
 People worry that they will replace jobs.

 If they take over middle class citizens jobs our economy


will be negatively affected.

 It makes people to become lazy.


REFERENCES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_(robot)
https://www.hansonrobotics.com/
Thank you

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