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Hanson Robotics Limited

A Hong Kong-based engineering and robotics company

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Hanson Robotics Limited
Leadership team

David Hanson (CEO & Founder)

Doug Glen (Director)

Industries

Technology

Products/ Services
Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Research, AI, and Robots
Number of Employees
50 - 100
Headquarters
Science Park, Hong Kong
Established
2007
Company Registration
27839596
Revenue
2M - 5M
Social Media
Overview
Location
Summary

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.

History

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.

Mission

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

Vision

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.

Key Team

David Hanson (CEO & Founder)

Doug Glen (Director)

Recognition and Awards
From 1992 to 1996, Hanson Robotics won the Rhode Island School of Design Merit Award. In 1996, it won first place as the Best Themed Display Award for the “World of Disney Themed Store” at Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL by the Themed Entertainment Association. In 2004, it was nominated for the World Technology Award where it was the semifinalist for the Best IT Hardware category. During the same year, it also won the IST ATP Award, “Highly meritorious” designation (with funding pending the 2005 Congressional spending bill). In 2005, the company won the AAAI award achieving the First Place for Open Interaction (PKD Android). In 2006, it won the UTA ARRI Innovation Award, and was recognised at the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Best Design Triennial. In 2007, it was the winner of TechTitan's Innovator of the Year Award and the TX State Emerging Technology Award. In 2008 and 2009, it was the winner of the 2009 Italian Centro Nationale Riserche (CNR) Scholarship. In 2018 Hanson Robotics won a gold medal at the Edison Innovation Awards.
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Hanson Robotics Limited
Leadership team

David Hanson (CEO & Founder)

Doug Glen (Director)

Industries

Technology

Products/ Services
Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Research, AI, and Robots
Number of Employees
50 - 100
Headquarters
Science Park, Hong Kong
Established
2007
Company Registration
27839596
Revenue
2M - 5M
Social Media