Sophia Humanoid Robot: Product Overview
Technical Specifications
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Model | Sophia |
| Year | 2016 |
| Dimensions | Height: 167 cm, Width: 41 cm |
| Weight | 20 kg |
| Application | Palletizing,Picking and placing, Assembly,Machine loading,Welding,Screwing,Polishing and grinding, Gluing and dispensing, Inspection |
| Industry | Education, Automotive, Food and Beverage, Packaging, Healthcare, Electronics, Aerospace and Defense, Energy and Utilities |
| Power | 110/220-V power supply or 24-V lithium-polymer battery |
| Sensors | Custom wide-angle 1080p chest camera. Intel RealSense camera. Two custom 720p HD cameras (one for each eye). External USB microphone. Joint angle sensors and force sensors in arm joints. Touch sensors in fingers. Audio localization array. Inertial measurement unit (IMU). |
| Actuators | Head and face: Five Dynamixel XM430 servos and 23 Xpert servos. Eyes: Two Hitec HS-65MG servos. Neck: Three Dynamixel XM430 servos. Arms and hands: Two Dynamixel MX64 servos, one Dynamixel MX106 servo, four Dynamixel XM430 servos, six Xpert servos, and two MKS servos (per arm/hand). |
| Degrees of Freedom (DoF) | 83 (Head and neck: 36 DoF; Arm and hand: 15 DoF x 2; Torso: 3 DoF; Mobile base: 14 DoF) |
| Compute | 3 GHz Intel i7 with 32 GB RAM, integrated GPU |
| Software | Ubuntu Linux OS, Ethernet, Wi-Fi |
| Materials | Frubber (actuated skin), carbon fiber, CNC aluminum, steel, Spectra fiber, Delrin thermoplastic, acrylic, polycarbonate, 3D-printed parts, and other mixed media. |
Key Features & Benefits
- Human-Like Expressions: Able to display an array of complex and emotional expressions
- AI Integration: Equipped with natural language processing and speech, facial recognition, visual tracking, and other AI-based behaviors.
- Engaging Tool: ability to simulate human interactions and express emotions makes her an engaging tool for demonstrating the capabilities and implications of advanced robotics
- Advanced AI System: Sophisticated AI system, which includes facial recognition and natural language processing, allows researchers to explore intra and interpersonal dynamics in robot communication.
Target Applications
Sophia is designed for various applications across multiple sectors:
- Education Sector:
- Facilitating learning about AI and robotics through engaging demonstrations.
- Simulating human interactions to illustrate the capabilities and implications of advanced robotics.
- Engaging tool for demonstrating the capabilities and implications of advanced robotics
- Research in AI and Robotics:
- Serving as a platform for studying human-robot interactions.
- Exploring intra and interpersonal dynamics in robot communication using a sophisticated AI system with facial recognition and natural language processing.
- Studying the public thoughts about the robot.
- Public Speaking and Conferences:
- Acting as a public speaker and ambassador at global conferences.
- Discussing AI ethics, the future of robotics, and her experiences as a humanoid robot.
- Contributing to public education and awareness of AI technology.
- Medicine and Healthcare:
- Supporting new medicine technologies and services
- Facilitating AI to assist in therapy
- Customer Service:
- Decipher their gender, age, and facial indications of emotion.
- Media Appearances:
- Sophia had been featured in various media outlets, conferences, and global forums, where she acts as a cultural ambassador
Use Cases & Scenarios
- AI Research: dynamic platform for exploring human-robot interactions
- Educational Settings: Facilitating learning about AI and robotics, demonstrating the capabilities and implications of advanced robotics
- AI Ethics: promoting discussions on AI ethics and future implications
- AI Technology: hybrid human-AI intelligence, often operates in a mode that combines autonomous AI responses with scripted inputs from her development team.
- Medicine and Education: Facilitate her use in specialized areas like medicine and education. Her interactions are crafted to not only entertain but also educate and assist in real-world applications, embodying the potential for AI to contribute positively to societal needs.
Unique Selling Points
- Realistic Humanoid Robot: realistic humanoid robot capable of displaying humanlike expressions and interacting with people.
- Wide Range of expression: Able to display an array of complex and emotional expressions
- Hybrid human-AI intelligence: often operates in a mode that combines autonomous AI responses with scripted inputs from her development team. This approach is used to enhance her reliability in public interactions and performances.
- Dynamic Platform : dynamic platform for exploring human-robot interactions
- Real-World Applications: Designed to not only entertain but also educate and assist in real-world applications, embodying the potential for AI to contribute positively to societal needs.
Industries Utilized
- Education
- Automotive
- Food and Beverage
- Packaging
- Healthcare
- Electronics
- Aerospace and Defense
- Energy and Utilities
Competitive Advantages
*Ongoing development includes enhancing her autonomy and cognitive capabilities, aiming to achieve a form of true AI sentience and more profound human-like interactions, making her a cornerstone for future developments in humanoid robotics.
- The design and AI framework facilitate her use in specialized areas like medicine and education. Her interactions are crafted to not only entertain but also educate and assist in real-world applications, embodying the potential for AI to contribute positively to societal needs.
More Information
Sophia, a female appearing smiling robot with realistic peachy skin, green eyes, delicate nose, and pink lips with a tooth showing smile. The top of the robots head is a translucent cover housing electronics, and the robot wears a white blazer over her robotic torso, which includes a black plate with cameras and sensors. Sophia has become famous all over the world. The robots face mimic a humans.
*Rating: Ranked Nr. 2 of 33 Humanoid Robot. No reviews yet.
Other Robots of Hanson Robotics
- Little Sophia: Educational consumer robot created in the image of Sophia, designed to introduce STEM, AI and robotics to children.
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- BINA48: Humanoid robot consisting of a bust-like head and shoulders mounted on a frame.
- Han: Expressive humanoid robot with masculine features focused on serving and helping others.
Pricing and Availability
- Pricing: No sales information available yet
- Brochure: N/A
- Demo Request: Contact through the contact form on the website.
- Technical Whitepaper: N/A
Competitor Products
- Engineered Arts Ameca: Ameca is designed to be modular and upgradeable, both in hardware and software. also cloud-connected
- Ti5 Robotics Yao Guang: Standing at 1.7 meters tall and weighing only 48 kg, the robot boasts an impressive 44 degrees of freedom
- Sanctuary AI Phoenix: The Phoenix integrates Sanctuary's Carbon™ AI control system, which simulates human brain subsystems including memory and sensory perception.
- Unitree H1 : It is equipped with advanced powertrain technologies, allowing it to achieve speeds of up to 3.3 meters per second, a record in robot mobility
- Xiaomi Technology CyberOne: is equipped with Xiaomi's Mi-Sense depth vision module and AI-driven interaction algorithms, enabling it to recognize 85 types of environmental sounds and 45 types of human emotions.
Contact & Resources
- Contact: N/A
- Careers: https://www.hansonrobotics.com/jobs
Extra Information:
Sophia has become famous all over the world, realistic humanoid robot capable of displaying humanlike expressions and interacting with people and designed for research, education, and entertainment, and helps promote public discussion about AI ethics and the future of robotics. She serves multiple practical applications, primarily in educational, entertainment, and research contexts, often operating as a hybrid human-AI intelligence to reliably enhance public interactions and performances. Sophia has a mass of 21 kg and is equipped with over 83 Degrees of Freedom, primarily in her head, neck, arms, and hands. She was first created in 2016 by Hanson Robotics.