This document provides an overview of humanoid robot Sophia. It discusses the history of robots beginning in the 1960s and advances that led to humanoid robots. Sophia is introduced as the first robot citizen, created by Hanson Robotics to assist humans. The document outlines Sophia's features, technology, events attended, advantages like problem solving, and disadvantages like job replacement. It concludes that humanoid robots will improve life while some debate non-human citizenship.

1. A SEMINAR ON
HUMANOID ROBOT
SOPHIA
PRESENTED BY
RODALI SARMA BARUAH
REG NO.17304022
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2. CONTENTS WHAT IS A ROBOT
 HUMANOID ROBOT
 HISTORY
 WHY HUMANOID
 WHO IS SOPHIA
 FEATURES
 WHY SOPHIA CREATED
 TECHNOLOGY
 EVENTS
 ADVANTAGES
 DISADVANTAGES
 CONCLUSION
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3. WHAT IS A ROBOT
• THE ROBOT INSTITUTE OF AMERICA (1969) DEFINES ROBOT
AS “A RE-PROGRAMMABLE, MULTI-FUNCTIONAL
MANIPULATOR DESIGNED TO MOVE MATERIALS, PARTS,
TOOLS OR SPECIALIZED DEVICES THROUGH VARIOUS
PROGRAMMED MOTIONS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF A
VARIETY OF TASKS”.
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4. HUMANOID ROBOT
• A HUMANOID ROBOT IS A ROBOT WITH ITS BODY SHAPE
BUILT TO RESEMBLE THE HUMAN BODY.
• IN GENERAL, HUMANOID ROBOTS HAVE A TORSO, A HEAD,
TWO ARMS, AND TWO LEGS, THOUGH SOME FORMS OF
HUMANOID ROBOTS MAY MODEL ONLY PART OF THE BODY,
FOR EXAMPLE, FROM THE WAIST UP.
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5. HISTORY
 COMES FROM THE WORD ROBOTA MEANS “FORCED
LABOURER”
 FIRST INDUSTRIAL ROBOT
UNIMATE WAS MADE
IN NEW JERSEY,1961
 CAR COMPANIES STARTED
INSTALLING THEIR OWN
ROBOTIC ARM 5

6. HISTORY(CONTINUED)
• IN 1974,IRB-6 WAS DEVELOPED BY SWEDISH ENGINEERING
FIRM,ABB, WHICH IS THE FIRST ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL
ROBOT CONTROLLED BY A MICROCOMPUTER.
• 16 KB RAM, IT WAS PROGRAMMABLE AND IT COULD
DISPLAY FOUR DIGITS WITH ITS LED
• CONTROLLING ARMS BECAME EASY BUT VISION BECAME
THE PROBLEM
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7. HISTORY(CONTINUED)
 SO ENGINEERS HAD TO TAP INTO ANOTHER FIELD THAT
IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
 AI WERE GETTING BETTER AT COMPLEX REASONING BUT
IT WAS DIFFICULT TO ACTUALLY GET THE PROGRAM TO
INTERACT WITH THE REAL WORLD.
 AGAIN ROBOT VISION ISN’T JUST FOR TAKING PICTURES
IT’S ALSO ABOUT RECOGNIZING OBJECTS SO THEY CAN
REACT TO THINGS AND SITUATION IN REAL WORLD.
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8. HISTORY(CONTINUED)
• BY THE LATE 1970’S ENGINEER’S DEVELOPED NEW
ALGORITHMS THAT ALLOWED CAMERAS TO RECOGNIZE
EDGES AND SHAPES.
• 1981, FIRST INDUSTRIAL ROBOT GOT THE GIFT OF VISION.
IT HAD SENSORS TO SORT SIX DIFFERENT KINDS OF AUTO
PARTS.
• THEN HUMANOID ROBOTS WERE DEVELOPED.
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9. HISTORY(CONTINUED)
• BAXTER, THE HUMANOID
ROBOT , NEARLY 2 METER
TALL, 136 KG AND HAS A
SCREEN FOR FACE
• BUT CANNOT WALK OR
TALK OR CLIMB
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10. HISTORY(CONTINUED)
 WABOT I IS THE FIRST
FULL SCALE HUMANOID
ROBOT DEVELOPED BY
RESEARCHERS AT
WASEDA UNIVERSITY IN
JAPAN.
 BUT IT CAN ONLY REPLY
TO PRE RECORDED
RESPONSES AND TOOK 45
SECONDS TO TAKE ONE
STEP. 10

11. HISTORY(CONTINUED)
• THEN WABOT II WAS DEVELOPED.
• BUT AFTER THAT ENGINEERS POINTED THAT IT IS MUCH
EASIER TO DESIGN ROBOTS TO DO ONE TASK AT A TIME.
• BUT IT’S NOT LIKE RESEARCHERS HAVE GIVEN UP ON
HUMANOID ROBOT.
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12. HISTORY(CONTINUED)
• HONDA’S ASIMO, IT CAN
WALK AT SPEED OF
6KM/HR, CLIMB, CARRY
THINGS AND OTHER JOBS.
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13. WHY HUMANOID
• ASSIST THE SICK AND ELDERLY, AND DIRTY OR
DANGEROUS JOBS.
• DO REPETITIVE TASKS.
• INTELLIGENT AS WELL AS ETHICAL. BETTER AT CERTAIN
TASKS BECAUSE ROBOTS DON’T LOSE THEIR PATIENCE.
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14. WHO IS SOPHIA
• SOPHIA, FIRST ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE HUMANOID ROBOT TO
BE GRANTED CITIZENSHIP IN OCTOBER
2017.
• CITIZENSHIP GRANTED BY KINGDOM OF
SAUDI ARABIA BY IN A THREE DAY
EVENT HELD IN RIYADH.
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15. • IN NOVEMBER 2017, SOPHIA WAS
NAMED THE UNITED NATIONS
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME'S
FIRST EVER INNOVATION
CHAMPION, AND THE FIRST NON-
HUMAN TO BE GIVEN ANY UNITED
NATIONS TITLE.
• DEVELOPED BY DAVID HANSON,
FOUNDER OF HONG KONG-BASED
HANSON ROBOTICS, ACTIVATED
ON APRIL 19, 2015
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16. • SOPHIA WAS DESIGNED TO
LOOK LIKE AUDREY
HEPBURN.
• SHE HAS BEEN DESIGNED
TO ADAPT HUMAN
BEHAVIOUR AND WORK
WITH HUMAN.
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17. FEATURES
• ATTRACTIVE FEMALE FACE
• FACE RECOGNIZING EYES
• SKIN IS MADE OF ELASTIC POLYMER(FRUBBER)
• PERFORM 62 FACIAL EXPRESSIONS (ANGER, JOY, SADNESS,
AMAZEMENT, ANNOYANCE, FEAR, ETC.)
• HAS A WIDE RANGE OF SENSORS
• HAS AN ELECTRONIC SYNTHETIC VOICE SYSTEM
• ABILITY TO LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE
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18. WHY IS SOPHIA CREATED
• WAS CREATED TO HELP ELDERLY PEOPLE AND ASSIST AT
LARGE GATHERINGS IN PARK OR AT MAJOR EVENTS.
• SERVE SOCIAL WORLD AS WELL AS PHYSICAL WORLD
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19. TECHNOLOGY
• SOPHIA USES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND VISUAL DATA
PROCESSING
• INTELLIGENCE SOFTWARE IS DESIGNED BY SINGULARITYNET
• THE ENGINE THAT POWER HER BRAIN COMES FROM
SINGULARITYNET
• USES VOICE RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY FROM ALPHABET
INC.’S GOOGLE CHROME VOICE RECOGNITION
TECHNOLOGY
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20. 20
• SOPHIA IS CONCEPTUALLY SIMILAR TO THE COMPUTER
PROGRAM ELIZA, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
ATTEMPTS AT SIMULATING A HUMAN CONVERSATION
• THE INFORMATION IS SHARED IN A CLOUD NETWORK
WHICH ALLOWS INPUT AND RESPONSES TO BE ANALYSED
WITH BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY
• USES MINDCLOUD ,CLOUD BASED AI
• FACE IS CREATED WITH ELASTIC POLYMER CALLED
FRUBBER (“FLESH RUBBER”)
• DISNEY FILMMAKERS AND ARTISTS HELP DR. HANSON TO
BRING SOPHIA TO LIFE

21. EVENTS
 BUSINESS INSIDER'S CHIEF UK
EDITOR JIM EDWARDS
INTERVIEWED SOPHIA
 ATTENDED SO MANY TV
INTERVIEWS LIKE GOOD
MORNING BRITAIN ETC.
 ATTENDED WEB SUMMIT IN
LISBON
 SOPHIA HAS BEEN ON THE
COVER OF 'ELLE' MAGAZINE
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22.  ATTENDED IIT BOMBAY’S
ANNUAL SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY FESTIVAL
 SOPHIA ATTENDED THE WORLD
CONGRESS ON INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY (WCIT) WHICH
WAS TAKE PLACE IN
HYDERABAD FROM FEBRUARY
19 TO FEBRUARY 21.
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23. ADVANTAGES
• SHE CAN FEEL EMOTION
• SHE CAN SOLVE CBI AND FBI PROBLEMS EASILY
• SHE CAN BE GOOD FRIEND TO THOSE CHILDREN AND
ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO FEEL LONELY
• SHE CAN BE A GOOD TEACHER
• SHE CAN BE A BUSINESS ROBOT
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24. DISADVANTAGES
• PEOPLE WORRY THAT THEY WILL REPLACE JOBS
• IF THEY TAKE OVER MIDDLE CLASS CITIZENS JOBS OUR
ECONOMY WILL BE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED
• IT WILL MAKE PEOPLE LAZY
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25. CONCLUSION
• HUMANOID ROBOT WILL ENSURE A BETTER AND
COMFORTABLE LIFE FOR HUMAN
• SOPHIA MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA IN
HUMANITY
• IT IS DEBATED IN SOCIAL NETWORKS WHETHER OR NOT IS
IT CONVENIENT TO GIVE ROBOTS CITIZENSHIP
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26. REFERENCE
• MD. AKHTARUZZAMAN1 AND A. A. SHAFIE DEPARTMENT OF
MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING, INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC
UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, “EVOLUTION
OF HUMANOID ROBOT AND CONTRIBUTION OF VARIOUS
COUNTRIES IN ADVANCING THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF
THE PLATFORM” INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONTROL,
AUTOMATION AND SYSTEMS 2010 OCT. 27-30, 2010 IN KINTEX,
GYEONGGI-DO, KOREA.
• CIPRIAN LAPUSAN, CIPRIAN-RADU RAD, SORIN BESOIU, ALIN PLESA
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ-NAPOCA ROMANIA, “DESIGN OF A
HUMANOID ROBOT HEAD FOR STUDYING HUMAN-ROBOT
INTERACTION” ECAI 2015 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE – 7TH
EDITION ELECTRONICS, COMPUTERS AND ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE 25 JUNE -27 JUNE, 2015, BUCHAREST, ROMÂNIA
• SOMSHEKHAR MOHANTY, SUBHRANSHU SEKHAR SAMAL,S.
SATHYAMURTHY. “FUTURISTIC HUMANOID ROBOT OF TWENTY
FIRST CENTURY”
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27. 27
• “SOPHIA, FIRST CITIZEN ROBOT OF THE WORLD”,
ARTICLE BY RESEARCH GATE,NOVEMBER 2017.
• HTTP://WWW.HANSONROBOTICS.COM/NEWS/
• HTTPS://WWW.SLIDESHARE.NET/TDJAQAJGTPD/HU
MANOID-ROBOTS
• HTTPS://WWW.SLIDESHARE.NET/CAHIRRAO3/HUMA
NOID-ROBOT-PPT
• HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=TK-
H4OATYSI
• HTTP://WWW.FINANCIALEXPRESS.COM/WORLD-
NEWS/WHO-IS-SOPHIA-1ST-TIME-EVER-IN-THE-
WORLD-THIS-ROBOT-GOT-CITIZENSHIP-BY-
SAUDI-ARABIA/911097

28. THANK YOU
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