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Stood Up: Sophia The Robot Misses Dinner With Ethiopia PM After Some Parts Are Lost

Stood Up: Sophia The Robot Misses Dinner With Ethiopia PM After Some Parts Are Lost

 

Sophia
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The famous artificial intelligence (AI) humanoid robot Sophia arrived in Ethiopia on Friday, but was unable to have a scheduled dinner with the prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, after a bag containing some of her parts went missing at the Frankfurt Airport, en route to Addis Ababa.

Designed by Hong Kong firm Hanson Robotics, Sophia has been programmed to speak Amharic, Ethiopia’s official language, which would be the first language she speaks other than English.

From Africa News. Story by Daniel Mumbere.

Sophia became the first Android citizen in history when she was rewarded Saudi Arabian citizenship.

A Hanson Robotics invention, Sophia is the world’s most advanced android. The ‘realest’ robot to this day, Sophia’s covering artificial skin consists of organic and non-organic material.

The robot is able to express her ‘emotions’ through a number of facial expressions installed via a large number of motors under her ‘skin,’ according to an article by AFP.

Read more at Africa News.