Hanson Robotics Sophia

Specs, price & availability · verified Oct 2026

Hanson Robotics Sophia is a wheeled humanoid from Hanson Robotics (Hong Kong SAR China), available to order with no published price.

Price: Not disclosed
Total DoF: 74

Last verified Oct 10, 2026

Listed in:Human-like robots

Sophia humanoid robot speaking at the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, 2017 — Photo: ITU Pictures (via Flickr) · CC BY 2.0

Price & availability

Hanson Robotics has not published a price

Available to order

Current dataset status: Commercial.

Sophia Utility is sold by inquiry; Hanson Robotics does not publish a price. [5][7]

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Product overview

About Hanson Robotics Sophia

Sophia is a social humanoid platform from Hanson Robotics. She was activated on 14 February 2016 and first appeared publicly at SXSW in March 2016. A walking-legs demonstration followed in 2018, but the current commercial Sophia Utility platform is presented with an optional self-charging mobile base rather than those legs.

Hanson Robotics now describes Sophia Utility as an early product and provides a purchase-inquiry route. It lists up to 74 degrees of freedom, more than 200 sensors across over 15 sensor types, a Cognitive AI SDK, documented APIs and a ROS bridge. The company markets the platform to retail, entertainment, healthcare, education and academic research users.

No public price is stated. Because Hanson offers the platform to organizational buyers and describes deployments in commerce, Sophia is classified as commercial. The published claim of up to 16 operating hours per day depends on autonomous charging and is not treated as battery runtime per charge.

“Now available as an early product, the Sophia Robot™ Utility platform connects emotionally with people — informing and guiding users across retail, entertainment, healthcare, and academic research.”
— Hanson Robotics · Sophia Utility ↗

Capabilities

Key features

Activated 2016, first shown at SXSW

Sophia was activated on 14 February 2016 and first appeared publicly at SXSW in Austin in March 2016. [1]

Commercial Utility platform

Hanson Robotics offers Sophia Utility as an early product and accepts purchase inquiries from organizations. [5][7]

Developer integration

The platform includes Hanson Robotics' Cognitive AI SDK, documented APIs, a ROS bridge and controls for animation, motors and perception. [5][6]

Configurable sensing and mobility

Hanson Robotics lists more than 200 sensors across over 15 types and offers an optional mobile base with autonomous charging, SLAM and lidar. [5]

Hardware profile

Specifications

Official — stated by the manufacturer or organizerReported — stated by a credible third partyEstimated — derived or approximate

Body

Total DoF: 74Official — stated by the manufacturer or organizer[5]Up to 74 DoF; exact count depends on the Sophia Utility configuration

Hands & Manipulation

Hand / end effector: Gestural arms and handsOfficial — stated by the manufacturer or organizer[5]

Compute & Sensing

Sensors: Smart cameras, Thermal sensing, Time-of-flight sensing, IMU, Touch sensing, Joint-force sensing, Microphone phased arrayOfficial — stated by the manufacturer or organizer[5]Hanson Robotics says configurations can include more than 200 sensors across over 15 types
AI stack: Hanson Robotics Cognitive AI SDK and Whole Organism Architecture (WhOA), with documented APIs and ROS bridgeOfficial — stated by the manufacturer or organizer[5][6]

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Body

Height: Not published
Weight: Not published

Mobility

Maximum speed: Not published
Peak joint torque: Not published
Actuation: Not published

Power

Battery: Not published
Runtime: Not published
Charge time: Not published
Swappable battery: Not published

Hands & Manipulation

DoF per hand: Not published
Payload: Not published

Compute & Sensing

Onboard compute: Not published

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