CategoryHumanoids
Key facts
Robot
Products
CEO
Product
Notable
Hero image candidate
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Current leadership (2)
- David Hanson Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- David Hanson Founder, CEOsince 2013-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (2)
- David Hansonsolefounded 2013-01-01
- David Hansonsole
Safety record
No incidents on record for Hanson Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Hanson Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- AgiBot5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- UBTech Robotics5 models
- 1X Technologies4 models
- Fourier Intelligence4 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Hanson Robotics?
- Hanson Robotics is a Hong Kong-based humanoid robotics company developing expressive social robots including Sophia, the world-famous humanoid robot known for advanced facial expressions and conversational AI.
- What does Hanson Robotics make?
- Hanson Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Sophia (Hanson Robotics builds physical robots).
- Who competes with Hanson Robotics?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Hanson Robotics building in the same form factors include Unitree Robotics, AgiBot, Boston Dynamics, UBTech Robotics.
- Who is the CEO of Hanson Robotics?
- David Hanson is the ceo of Hanson Robotics, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is Hanson Robotics headquartered?
- Hanson Robotics is headquartered in Hong Kong.
- Where does Hanson Robotics operate robots?
- Hanson Robotics is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is Hanson Robotics a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Hanson Robotics ranks in roughly the top 76% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Hanson Robotics founded?
- Hanson Robotics was founded in 2013.
- Is Hanson Robotics safe?
- Hanson Robotics has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-07
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-07
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Hanson Robotics.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- AgiBot5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- UBTech Robotics5 models
- 1X Technologies4 models
- Fourier Intelligence4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Hanson Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/hanson-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/hanson-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/435c90f6-8825-43bf-819a-1700e1dad06b
- Revision history: /companies/hanson-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- AgiBot5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- UBTech Robotics5 models
- 1X Technologies4 models
- Fourier Intelligence4 models
Video
#sophiarobot #hansonrobotics
A quick teaser of the newest and most realistic humanoid robot yet from David Hanson and the team at Hanson Robotics. Meet Jules at Wired NextFest.
Meet Sophia the Robot and follow her journey as she travels and learns about the world. Sophia is Hanson Robotics’ most advanced human-like robot, created by c
Meet Little Sophia, Hanson Robotics newest consumer robot. Little Sophia is a tutorial companion that teaches STEM, coding, and Artificial intelligence (AI), wi
Hanson Robotics, creator of human-like robots and smart software, introduced “Han” at the Global Sources Mobile Electronics show held in Hong Kong from April 18
We bring robots to life. Hanson Robotics is an AI company devoted to research, robotics and the creation of the world’s most remarkable and lifelike humanoids
Doctor David Hanson introduces robots with extremely natural expressions that have human like responses that are intended to build relationships with robots to
What's inside a Hanson Robot? Awesome! #humanoid AI robot! #hansonrobotics #AI #airobot #chatgpt #gpt3 #airobot #airobot #sentient #mechatronics Speech re
Reality vs attention
Hanson Robotics draws attention at the 80th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among humanoids.
6-month trend
Analysis
Broad public reach with 12.6M video views. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 23, 2026