Sophia was first begun in 2013, and activated in her current form in 2016. Quickly renowned for her lifelike presence and uncanny interactions with world leaders and celebrities, Sophia rapidly became the world’s most famous robot. Sophia also serves as a pre-eminent robotics and AI research platform, serving education, healthcare and the arts. With Hanson Robotics breakthroughs in robotics mechanisms and facial materials, and the Hanson-AI SDK. Sophia uses various transformer neural networks, machine perception, ROS, robotics controls and artistic tools, for human-robot interactions.