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Giulio Di Sturco

Sophia sits at the ready in the Hanson Robotics lab.

The expressive and realistic Einstein robot was a prototype for Sophia.

Hanson Robotics also created a humanoid robot that resembles famed physicist Albert Einstein, which has been used in schools as a teaching tool.

Ben Goertzel, one of world's leading experts on artifical general intelligence, visits the Hanson Robotics lab in Hong Kong.

A closeup shows Sophia's transparent hand.

Diagrams like these help engineers design Sophia's range of more than 60 facial expressions, which are based on human facial movements.

A sound engineer at Hanson Robotics works with Sophia. The robot has been able to give speeches and interviews with the press.

Sophia, seen here being tinkered with in the lab, was designed in part to resemble actress Audrey Hepburn.

Engineers work in the Hanson Robotics lab in Hong Kong, which is often referred to as the "house of Sophia."

A student at the University of Hong Kong participates in a guided meditation session with Sophia.