ROBOT SOPHIA

Subject : Current Events

Context : ‘Artist’ Sophia robot’s digital creations sold for $688,888, aims for a music career

Concept :

Sophia is the first robot citizen of the world after Saudi Arabia granted her citizenship in October 2017.
She is a social humanoid robot, which using artificial intelligence (AI) programming, can imitate human gestures and facial expressions, and is able to converse on predefined topics.
It was developed by the Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics and ‘activated’ on February 14, 2016.
She made her maiden India debut on December 30, 2017 at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) during its cultural festival TechFest.