But Little Sophia is the first consumer robot Hanson has built in-house. “Our vision at Hanson Robotics is to bring robots to life,” the company said.

Meet Sophia, a social robot created by former Disney Imagineer David Hanson. Modeled in part after Audrey Hepburn and Hanson's wife, the robot was built to mimic social behaviors and inspire ...

Intended for kids aged 7 to 13, Little Sophia is a 14-inch robot, capable of walking, talking, recognizing faces, and pulling a variety of different facial expressions. Oh, and teaching kids the ...

Hanson Robotics has launched a new toy robot aimed at children named Little Sophia, which has been created by utilising technology from its larger humanoid robot Sofia. Watch the demonstration ...

James Vincent is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Sophia the robot was made a citizen of Saudi Arabia last month, but a lot of people weren ...

Sophia, a robot created by Hanson Robotics, was named by United Nations Development Programme as its first non-human Innovation Champion in November 2017.

My Robot Sophia explores these questions, offering an intimate window into Hanson's creative process, familial traumas, and surfacing anxieties as investors pressure him for answers.