Hanson Robotics is an AI and robotics company dedicated to creating socially intelligent machines that enrich the quality of our lives. Their innovations in AI research, robotics engineering, experiential design, storytelling, and material science bring their robots to life as engaging characters, useful products, and evolving AI. Their robots serve as AI platforms for research, education, medical and healthcare, sales and service, and entertainment applications. 

In time, the company hopes that its robots will come to understand and care about the world. This, it believes, will be achieved through cultivating meaningful relationships with those whose lives they touch, and evolve into wise living machines who advance civilisation and achieve ever-greater good for all. 

Founded by David Hanson, Ph.D., the Hanson team has built a worldwide reputation for creating robots that look and act genuinely alive, including the renowned robot character Sophia the Robot.

In 2013, the company moved from Texas to Hong Kong Science Park and planned to develop a robotics hub in Hong Kong. In October 2016, the company was selected as one of nine companies to join the Disney Accelerator program. Over the years, the Hanson team has built a worldwide reputation for creating robots that look and act genuinely alive, including the renowned robot character Sophia the Robot.

Hanson Robotics is an AI and robotics company dedicated to creating socially intelligent machines that enrich the quality of life for the entire humanity.

Hanson Robotics strives to make ethical robots that convey hope for the future of AI and robotics. The company's robots often serve as official representatives of these causes.