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Hanson Robotics is a robotics company founded 2007, based in Hong Kong, developing 8 robots primarily in the Humanoid category.
CAPITAL & EVIDENCE
Hanson Robotics has no confirmed funding round on file and has 7 cited customers but no deployment on record.
Shipped
7customers cited
named in public sources · no deployment on record
- University of California· 2016hansonrobotics.com ↗
- San Diego· 2016hansonrobotics.com ↗
- University of Texas at Arlington· 2016hansonrobotics.com ↗
- University of Hong Kong· 2016hansonrobotics.com ↗
- University of Oxford· 2016hansonrobotics.com ↗
- University of Cambridge· 2016hansonrobotics.com ↗
A deployment is recorded when a public source names both the customer and the robot, or the maker confirms it. Nothing here counts against Hanson Robotics.
In Humanoid, UBTECH Robotics, Agility Robotics and SoftBank Robotics have deployment evidence on file.
Add a deployment →Socially intelligent humanoid robots for research and engagement
Hanson Robotics is a Hong Kong-based AI and robotics company founded in 2007 by David Hanson. It develops human-like humanoid robots for research, demonstrations, and public engagement, including Sophia and BINA48, and positions its systems around human-robot interaction and expressive robotics.
Company facts
- HQ
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Founded
- 2007 · 19 yrs
- Employees
- 45
- Website
- www.hansonrobotics.com
RoboScore
61.89 RoboScore + 1.00 Momentum· Strong evidence
Products 65%, Depth 5%, Evidence 30% set the number, and every rated company has all three. Attention has no weight of its own — it is one of the two things Evidence is built from, and it can only ever add. Activity and Readiness describe the brand but never move it. A value we don't have reads —, never zero. Momentum is independently collected news coverage, worth at most 15 points and never a deduction — a maker we have heard nothing about keeps its full RoboScore. Claiming or paying moves nothing.
6 of 6 factors known. How it's calculated
Awards & recognition
- World's first robot citizen (Sophia)2017hansonrobotics.com ↗
- Featured in Forbes list of AI and robotics breakthroughs2017forbes.com ↗
- Recognized as world leader in humanlike facial robotics2016hansonrobotics.com ↗
- Recognized for contributions to human–robot interaction research2016hansonrobotics.com ↗
Milestones
Relocated from Dallas, Texas to Hong Kong.
Press coverage
- Hanson Robotics
Wikipedia
In the news
1 event · last 90 days
+1.00momentumof 15 maxHanson Robot Called Sophia Shop Sophia Robot Manufacturer Clearance
In the news
1 event · last 90 days
Why Hanson Robotics has been in the news, across 1 outlet — collected and classified independently, so a maker cannot add to it. It never changes a robot's RoboScore — the evidence half of the RoboIndex — and it can move a robot up a board by at most 15 points.
Public loss record
Hong Kong runs no separate recall register — recalls appear inside Customs’ general press archive, which we read. The only recalls in it are toys.
Active products by Hanson Robotics
8 shown| # | Category | Key specs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | BINA48 | Humanoid | Height 1.65 m·Weight 75 kg | $100K | 2010 | 67.9 |
| 2 |  | Han | Humanoid | Height 1.67 m·Weight 20 kg | $120K | 2015 | 67.3 |
| 3 |  | Joey Chaos | Humanoid | Height 1.70 m·Weight 75 kg | $100K | 2008 | 67.2 |
| 4 |  | Eva | Humanoid | Height 1.67 m·Weight 9.5 kg | $23K | 2014 | 66.5 |
| 5 |  | Little Sophia | Education | Payload 0.1 kg·Top speed 0.6 m/s | $249 | 2019 | 61.1 |
| 6 |  | Professor Einstein | Education | Payload 0.1 kg·Runtime 3.5 hr | $249 | 2017 | 60.6 |
| 7 |  | Zeno | Education | Top speed 1 m/s·Runtime 8 hr | $14.8K | 2013 | 59.9 |
| 8 |  | Sophia | Research | Payload 11 kg·Runtime 5 hr | — | 2016 | 40.9 |
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