# Alphabet Google x Hanson Robotics (Sophia Speech Recognition AI): partnership

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Hanson Robotics embedded Alphabet/Google's speech recognition technology into Sophia the robot, designed to get smarter over time. Combined with Hanson's Frubber skin and expressive AI platform, Sophia became the world's most advanced social humanoid robot.

- **Type:** technology
- **Status:** active
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Parties (2)

- [Hanson Robotics](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/hanson-robotics.md) customer
- Alphabet/Google _(off-registry)_ technology provider

## Timeline

- **Announced:** 2018-01-01

## Sources (1)

1. https://aimagazine.com/technology/the-creation-of-hanson-robotics-most-advanced-robot-sophia


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