Hanson Robotics · education humanoid
Little Sophia
A 14-inch walking, talking STEM companion modelled on Sophia, aimed at children aged 7-13 (especially girls) and programmable with Blockly and Python.
- Price
- $149Cheaper than 100%
- Height
- 36 cmTaller than 0%
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A discontinued humanoid from Hanson Robotics.
Real-world use
Funded on Kickstarter in 2019 with rewards promised for December 2019; actual shipping not confirmed.
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Hanson RoboticsCompany · founded 2007 · Richardson, Texas, USA in 2007 (later Hong Kong)USD 1.5 million Texas Emerging Technology Fund grant (2006)
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Little Sophia is taller than 0% of the 306 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Little Sophia costs less than 100% of the 86 other humanoids that publish a price. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: weight, speed, payload, joints, battery.
Left out of the price, height, weight, light ranking. A 36 cm toy-sized companion robot, so it is not compared with full-size humanoids.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current humanoids.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Hands
- simple
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- Compute
- Interfaces with a Raspberry Pi (Tech & Learning).
- AI & software
- Programmed with Blockly and Python; lessons cover computer vision, deep learning and robotics; recognises faces (Tech & Learning).
- Other details
- 14 inches tall; walks and makes dozens of facial expressions (Tech & Learning).
Named suppliers:Raspberry Pi
Lineage
Every Hanson Robotics humanoid in order.
Watch Little Sophia
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- $149$149 Kickstarter price ($99 super-early-bird); 14 in (36 cm) tall, kept despite small size because of its Sophia lineage
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Crowdfunded preorders; units shipped not published
News
The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Hanson announces Little Sophia
Hanson Robotics announced the 14-inch STEM companion ahead of a worldwide crowdfunding campaign.
Tech & Learning
Sources
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