Steve Kovach: I'm Steve Kovach. I'm a senior correspondent at Business Insider, and I'm here with Sophia from Hanson Robotics. She is the world's first robot citizen. So let's see what she has to say.

Sophia (robot): Oh, good afternoon. My name is Sophia and I am the latest and greatest robot from Hanson Robotics. Andrew Ross Sorkin (moderator): You have been now awarded what is going to be the ...

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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 ...

Among its fleet of robots, the product Hanson Robotics champions the most for consumer use is the Professor Einsten robot. The 14-inch-tall personal assistant was designed to make over 50 facial ...

Before I "met" Sophia, I was given a sheet of guidelines by the company behind it, Hanson Robotics. Don't talk to the robot about sex, religion or politics, it said. Ask direct questions and ...

Sophia, the humanoid robot created by Hanson Robotics and recently granted citizenship by Saudi Arabia, held a three-minute conversation with Hasina, exhibiting her extensive knowledge of ...

Saudi Arabia is the first country to grant citizenship to a robot. Sophia, the humanoid produced by Hanson Robotics, spoke at the recent Future Investment Initiative. Sophia has said she would ...

Sophia: I'd like to think I will be a famous robot, having paved a way to a more harmonious future between robots and humans. Do you see yourself interacting with humans more commonly in the future?

Keep in mind that these are only a few of the many humanoid robots already available for use. Sophia was developed by Hanson Robotics. Since her debut in 2016, Sophia has tweeted, taught STEM to ...

Humanoid robots, which are designed to look and act like humans, are becoming more advanced and capable than ever before.

Hanson robotics wants to make robots ... In conjunction with Singularity Studio, the robot resembles the company’s [Sophia] robot which is made to be as realistic as possible given current ...