Sophia is a social humanoid
robot developed by David Hanson (CEO of Hanson Robotics company from Hong Kong).
She was activated on February 14, 2016. After that, she has participated in
many interviews and public events and became the most famous robot in the
world, with the ability to mimic facial expression, hold conversation and
recognize people.
Sophia is a robot of many
talents. She speaks, sings, jokes and even make art. She caused a stir in the
art world when a digital work she created as a part of collaboration was sold
at an auction for $688,888.
In that work titled "Sophia Instantiation" she collaborated with Italian artist Andrea Bonaceto. He drew portrets of Sophia. Via neural network she processed his work and create digital artwork of her own.
It is first artwork ever created by humanoid robot.
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