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Furhat vs Sophia
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Furhat
SophiaPhysical
Heightno better
0.41 m
Verified · T1
1.67 m
Reported · T2
Weightno better
3.5 kg
Verified · T1
20 kg
Reported · T2
Degrees of freedomno better
3
Verified · T1
83
Reported · T2
Technical
Sensorsno better
RGB camera · 2 onboard MEMS omnidirectional microphones · bundled 4-mic USB far-field array with direction of arrival
Verified · T1
arm joint angle sensors · arm force sensors · finger touch sensors · audio localization array · IMU · external USB microphone
Reported · T2
Camerasno better
3.4 MP RGB camera, 120° diagonal FOV, streaming 640x480
Verified · T1
Intel RealSense camera · chest: custom wide-angle 1080p · eyes: two custom 720p HD cameras each
Reported · T2
Computeno better
Intel Core i5 CPU up to 3.40 GHz, 8GB RAM, 120 GB SSD, Iris Plus 640 GPU
Verified · T1
3 GHz Intel i7 with 32 GB RAM, integrated GPU
Reported · T2
AI stackno better
NLU engine with LLM automation; 120+ languages and 200+ voices via Microsoft Azure, Amazon and ElevenLabs
Verified · T1
Hanson AI SDK: perception, NLP, open domain chat, non-verbal language, sensory input and actuation control
Reported · T2
Operating systemno better
FurhatOS
Verified · T1
Ubuntu Linux
Reported · T2
Software
SDK availableno better
Yes
Verified · T1
Yes
Reported · T2
Capability
Voice interactionno better
Yes
Verified · T1
Yes
Reported · T2
Use casesno better
social and conversational robotics research · development · education · commercial deployments
Verified · T1
research · education · entertainment · human-robot interaction research
Reported · T2
Target marketno better
research
Verified · T1
research
Reported · T2
5 attributes are not compared because not every robot here reports them.
Wins by disclosed attributes with a defined better · Furhat 0 · Sophia 0 · 0 ties12 attributes have no better, are undisclosed or disputed · no overall winner is ever declared
Verified Furhat 25 Sept 2026 · Sophia 25 Sept 2026