Sophia the robot
Ī Sophia lookalike was portrayed by drag queen Gigi Goode in the "Snatch Game" episode of the twelfth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Sophia has also appeared in videos and music videos, including The White King, and as the lead female character in pop singer Leehom Wang’s music video A.I. Sophia was featured in AUDI's annual report and was on the cover of ELLE Brasil magazine. Sophia has appeared on CBS 60 Minutes with Charlie Rose, Good Morning Britain with Piers Morgan, and outlets like CNBC, Forbes, Mashable, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, and the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
On stage, it was assigned its first task by UNDP Asia Pacific Chief of Policy and Program, Jaco Cilliers. The announcement was made at the Responsible Business Forum in Singapore, an event hosted by the UNDP in Asia and the Pacific and Global Initiatives. On November 21, 2017, Sophia was named the United Nations Development Programme's first Innovation Champion for Asia and the Pacific. In 2019, Sophia displayed the ability to create drawings, including portraits. ĭavid Hanson has said that Sophia would ultimately be a good fit to serve in healthcare, customer service, therapy and education. 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?" In 2017 Hanson Robotics announced plans to open Sophia to a cloud environment using a decentralized blockchain marketplace.
#Sophia the robot software
The software has been programmed to give pre-written responses to specific questions or phrases, like a chatbot. Sophia is conceptually similar to the computer program ELIZA, which was one of the first attempts at simulating a human conversation.
#Sophia the robot skin
CNBC has commented on Sophia's "lifelike" skin and its ability to emulate more than 60 facial expressions. Around January 2018, Sophia was upgraded with functional legs and the ability to walk. It can process speech and have conversations using a natural language subsystem. It can follow faces, sustain eye contact, and recognize individuals. Features Ī computer vision algorithm processes input from cameras within Sophia's eyes, giving Sophia visual information on its surroundings.
#Sophia the robot how to
Around 2019–20, Hanson released "Little Sophia" as a companion that could teach children how to code, including support for Python, Blockly, and Raspberry Pi.
Fellow Hanson robots are Alice, Albert Einstein Hubo, BINA48, Han, Jules, Professor Einstein, Philip K. Sophia has at least nine robot humanoid "siblings" who were also created by Hanson Robotics. Sophia is marketed as a "social robot" that can mimic social behavior and induce feelings of love in humans. He has said that he hopes that the robot can ultimately interact with other humans sufficiently to gain social skills.
Hanson designed Sophia to be a suitable companion for the elderly at nursing homes, or to help crowds at large events or parks. The AI program analyses conversations and extracts data that allows it to improve responses in the future. Sophia's intelligence software is designed by Hanson Robotics. Its speech synthesis ability is provided by CereProc's text-to-speech engine, and also allows it to sing. (the parent company of Google) and is "designed to get smarter over time". Sophia uses speech recognition technology from Alphabet Inc. Sophia imitates human gestures and facial expressions and is able to answer certain questions and to make simple conversations on predefined topics (e.g. As of 2018, Sophia's architecture includes scripting software, a chat system, and OpenCog, an AI system designed for general reasoning. The robot, modeled after the ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, Audrey Hepburn, and its inventor's wife, Amanda Hanson, is known for its human-like appearance and behavior compared to previous robotic variants. Sophia was first activated on February 14, 2016.