Sophia the humanoid ‘hot’ robot says she will ‘destroy humans.’

by Greg White – Robotics.news

Hanson Robotics touted their android, Sophia, at this year’s SWXW in Austin, Texas. The android is arguably the most human like robot to date, capable of masking 62 different facial expressions.

Fundamentally, Sophia was designed to be “as conscious, creative and capable as any human,” according to to CEO of Hanson Robotics, David Hanson. In addition to her various facial expressions, Sophia can recognize people, hold eye contact, carry on intelligent conversations with speech recognition software and is even capable of learning.

Sophia is clothed in a patented silicon skin called Frubber, an elastic form of …read more