🇭🇰 Sophia
Hanson Robotics · Hong Kong · unveiled 2016
commercial
supervised-autonomy
electric
data confidence: medium
Score breakdown
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%70.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%0.0
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%0.0
Hardware & Engineering · 15%56.9
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%100.0
Ecosystem & Viability · 10%0.0
Each pillar is scored 0–100 from published specs, then weighted into the XHI. Compare it only with other humanoid robots — each category uses its own reference scales. See the full methodology →
Notable
Sophia is a famous conversational social humanoid whose responses are largely pre-scripted/decision-tree driven (sometimes teleoperated for demos), not genuinely autonomous AI. The standard demo Sophia is a head-and-torso with no autonomous bipedal locomotion; DOF varies by version (reported 36-83).
Deployments & partners
- UN and conference appearances
- media/TV demonstrations
- research and education (R&D versions sold to institutions)
- granted Saudi Arabian citizenship (2017, publicity)
Specifications
Height
167.0 cm
Weight
20.0 kg
Payload
—
Walking speed
—
Runtime
—
Battery
—
Total DoF
—
Hand DoF (per hand)
—
Dexterous hands
No
Actuation
electric
Form factor
other
Onboard compute
—
AI model
Hybrid: scripted decision-tree chatbot, OpenCog reasoning, face/emotion recognition, CereProc text-to-speech
Indicative price
undisclosed
Company valuation
—
Sources · cross-checked, as of 2026-06
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Data confidence: medium. Some figures for this robot rest on single or conflicting sources, or on manufacturer/aggregator material rather than independent reporting. Treat second-order specs as approximate. Fields marked “—” were genuinely undisclosed and left blank rather than estimated.