Ngo-2016, inkampani ye-robotic yaseHong Kong uHanson Robotics yaqala ukutyhila uSofia, iirobhothi ezinomntu. Ngokukhawuleza i-robot yaba yinto evakalayo kwi-intanethi, njengoko yahamba yintsholongwane emva kokubonisa. UHanson Robotics ngoku uceba ukuqala kwimveliso yeerobhothi ekupheleni konyaka. 
Inkampani esekwe eHong Kong icebisile ukuba izicwangciso zeemodeli ezine, kubandakanya noSophia, zezona ziphambili. Ezi modeli ziya kuqala kwimveliso kwimizi-mveliso kwisiqingatha sokuqala sika-2021. Iindaba ziza njengoko abaphandi baqikelela ukuba ubhubhane uza kuvula amathuba amatsha kumzi mveliso weerobhothi.
"Ihlabathi le-COVID-19 liza kufuna i-automation ngakumbi nangakumbi ukugcina abantu bekhuselekile," utshilo uDavid Hanson, uMseki kunye ne-CEO yeHandon Robotic. Sibonile iirobhothi zisetyenziselwa ukhathalelo lwempilo kunye nokunikezelwa, kodwa u-CEO u-Hanson ukholelwa ukuba izisombululo zeerobhothi zokulwa ubhubhane azikhawulelwanga kukhathalelo lwempilo, kodwa zinokunceda abathengi kumashishini afana neevenkile kunye neenqwelo moya.
"Iirobhothi uSophia noHanson bahlukile kuba bafana nabantu," wongeze watsho. Inokuba luncedo kakhulu ngamaxesha apho abantu bebodwa kwaye bebodwa ngokwasentlalweni. Ubhengeze izicwangciso zokuthengisa "amawaka" eerobhothi ngo-2021, zombini ezinkulu nezincinci, "kodwa akazange alichaze inani labathelekeleli inkampani yethu ejolise kuyo.
Unjingalwazi weerobhothi kwezentlalo uJohan Horn, uphando lakhe lubandakanya ukusebenza noSophia, uthe ngelixa itekhnoloji isekwimeko entle, ubhubhane unokukhawulezisa ubudlelwane phakathi kwabantu neerobhothi.
UHanson Robotics uceba nokwenza irobhothi ebizwa ngokuba nguGrace kulo nyaka, eyilelwe icandelo lezempilo.
Iimveliso ezivela kwabanye abadlali abaphambili kolu shishino zikwanceda ukulwa ubhubhane. I-Robot yePepper yeSoftBank isetyenziselwe ukukhangela abantu ngaphandle kwemaski. E-China, inkampani yeerobhothi i-CloudMinds yanceda ukuseta isibhedlele sentsimi ngeerobhothi ngexesha lokuqhambuka kwe-Wuhan coronavirus.
Ngaphambi kobhubhani, ukusetyenziswa kweerobhothi kwakusanda. Ngokwengxelo ye-International Federation yeRobotics, ukuthengiswa kweerobhothi kwihlabathi liphela kweenkonzo zobungcali sele kugxume i-32% ukuya kwi-11,2 yezigidigidi zeedola phakathi kuka-2018 no-2019.
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