Friday, 05:03, 13/07/2018
Sophia, first robot citizen talks at Industry 4.0 Summit
VOV.VN - Sophia, the most advanced robot and first artificially intelligent (AI) robot to be granted citizenship, spoke to the press on July 13 at the Industry 4.0 Summit in Hanoi.
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| Sophia, a humanoid robot, wears a Vietnamese traditional long dress (Ao Dai) at the event co-hosted by the Vietnamese Government and the Central Economic Commission. |
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| In Saudi Arabia in 2017, Sophia became the first robot in history to be granted citizenship of a country. |
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| Sophia –the Innovation Champion for the UNDP – is a special guest at the Industry 4.0 Summit. |
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| Sophia delivers a short talk on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, stories on automation as well as the developmental challenges posed by the 4.0 Industrial Revolution. |
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| Sophia is a social humanoid robot developed by Hong Kong-based company Hanson Robotics. It made its first debut in 2001 and was designed to operate with human-like movements and artificial intelligence. |
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| Sophia says Vietnam needs to take advantage of technological advances such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data to make major economic breakthroughs. |
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| The Vietnamese government needs to work with sectors to ensure that these technologies can benefit all of the Vietnamese people, says Sophia. |
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| Sophia notes that priorities should be given to education, training and private companies to remove bottlenecks for Vietnam’s development. |
