<P> Sophia is a social humanoid robot developed by Hong Kong - based company Hanson Robotics . Sophia was activated on April 19, 2015 and made her first public appearance at South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) in mid-March 2016 in Austin, Texas, United States . She is able to display more than 50 facial expressions . </P> <P> Sophia has been covered by media around the globe and has participated in many high - profile interviews . In October 2017, Sophia, the robot became the first robot to receive citizenship of any country . In November 2017, Sophia was named the United Nations Development Programme's first ever Innovation Champion, and the first non-human to be given any United Nations title . </P> <P> Sophia was created by Hanson Robotics in collaboration with AI developers . </P>

Name the first robot to get citizenship of a country