Sophia was activated on April 19, 2015, by the company hanson robotics. It has been designed to learn and adapt to human behavior, working with humans. This machine has been interviewed all over the world, and is the first robot with a nationality, She became a Saudi citizen in octobre of 2017.
Sophia also imitates human gestures and facial expressions and is able to answer certain questions and have simple conversations. Sophia's intelligence software is designed by SingularityNET. This robot can recognize the voices of people thanks to Alphabet inc.
In a piece for CNBC, when the interviewer expressed concerns about robot behavior, Sophia joked that the interviewer "has been reading too much Elon Musk and watching too many Hollywood movies." 7 Elon Musk tweeted that Sophia could see The Godfather and suggest "what is the worst that could happen?"
Sophia can give little meaningful answers (sometimes), but others are too impressive, like long discussions with Charlie Rose.
This robot was inspired by the actris Audrey Hepburn. Also, this robot can perfectly imitate human expressions.
