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