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In October 2017, Sophia was granted Saudi Arabian citizenship, becoming the first robot to receive legal personhood in any country. [5] In November 2017, Sophia was named the United Nations Development Programme 's first Innovation Champion, and is the first non-human to be given a United Nations title.
Saudi Arabia bestowed citizenship on Sophia ahead of the Future Investment Initiative, held in the kingdom's capital city on Wednesday. A robot who once said it would 'destroy humans' just became ...
The designer and researcher creates human-looking robots who have realistic facial expressions, including Sophia and other robots designed to mimic human behavior. [3] Sophia has received widespread media attention, and was the first robot to be granted citizenship.
She was created by Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics in 2016 and granted Saudi Arabian citizenship in 2017, becoming the world’s first robot citizen. It was the first time Zimbabwe hosted a robot of her kind, and she wowed the old and the young alike at the University of Zimbabwe in the capital, Harare.
Sophia, the first robot citizen at the AI for Good Global Summit 2018. Sophia is Hanson Robotics' most well-known robot, is regularly featured in news outlets, and receives a great deal of public interest. The company's latest creation made her debut at the 2016 South by Southwest (SXSW) show, with her interview by CNBC reaching a broad ...
Hanson Robotics aims to roll out four models — including Sophia — in the first half of 2021. Sophia and Hanson robots are unique by being so human-like,” CEO David Hanson told Reuters.
On the 27th of October 2017, Saudi Arabia became to first country in the world to grant citizenship to a robot when it gave “Sophia” a passport. In the same year, official residency status was granted to a chatbot named “Shibuya Mirai” in Tokyo, Japan. [6]
On 25 October 2017 at the Future Investment Summit in Riyadh, a robot called Sophia and referred to with female pronouns was granted Saudi Arabian citizenship, becoming the first robot ever to have a nationality.