Sophia the Robot is Making Her Film Debut

by SHOWstudio on 22 August 2019

Sophia, the almost human robot is starring in a film alongside Evan Rachel Wood.

Sophia, the almost human robot is starring in a film alongside Evan Rachel Wood.

Sophia the Robot is making her Hollywood film debut alongside actress Evan Rachel Wood in a short film entitled Sophiaworld.

Sophia is a humanoid robot developed by Hong-Kong based company Hanson Robotics. Sophia was designed to explore the human-robot experience using artificial intelligence, visual data processing and facial recognition. The robot mimics human behaviour and can make 50 different human facial expressions. The robot's software has the potential to gain intelligence over time and improve its conversation skills as it collects, processes and analyses data.

Since having been activated on 14 February 2016, Sophia's story has been fascinating. Not only has she graced the cover of Elle magazine but she also sat front row at Alexander Wang's Autumn 2019 fashion show. In October 2017, during a ceremony celebrating a tech conference Sophia was granted Saudi Arabian citizenship making her the first robot to have a nationality. In November 2017, the United Nations gave Sophia the official title of the United Nations Development Program’s first ever Innovation Champion.

While not much information has yet been released about the short film, the IMDb bio states: 'Television’s most famous Robot, actress Evan Rachel Wood, and arguably the world’s most famous real life humanoid, Sophia the Robot, have a chance encounter in a swanky NY hotel bar. But this coincidental meeting is far more than it seems.' The teaser film also makes a reference to Evan Rachel Wood’s famous show, Westworld.

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