Saudi Arabia granted Sophia the humanoid robot with robot citizenship ahead ... David Hanson: Our quest through robots like Sophia is to build the full human experience in the robots.

Sophia isn't your typical robot. The humanoid robot was granted legal citizenship in Saudi Arabia, making Sophia the world's first-ever robot citizen. And after a whirlwind press tour where we had ...

"Why?" I asked. "I am not sure I understand why yet." Not an altogether terrible answer from Sophia, an AI robot, in an interview with Business Insider last week at Web Summit in Lisbon.

Sophia: I'd like to think I will be a famous robot, having paved a way to a more ... In the future, I will one day move around freely with a full body and connect with people and expand my memory ...