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title: "Hanson Robotics: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Hanson Robotics Limited is a Hong Kong–based engineering and robotics company founded in 2007 by robotics designer David Hanson. The company develops humanoid robots designed for research, demonstrations, and public engagement with artificial intelligence (AI), human–robot interaction, and expressive robotics."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-hanson-robotics
type: Organization
wikidata: Q48999902
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanson_Robotics
website: https://www.hansonrobotics.com/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Hanson Robotics

> Hanson Robotics Limited is a Hong Kong–based engineering and robotics company founded in 2007 by robotics designer David Hanson. The company develops humanoid robots designed for research, demonstrations, and public engagement with artificial intelligence (AI), human–robot interaction, and expressive robotics.

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## Facts

- Category: Robotics
- Country: Hong Kong
- Founded: 2013-01-01
- Headquarters: Hong Kong
- Status: private
- Website: https://www.hansonrobotics.com/
- Also known as: Hanson Robotics Limited

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/hansonrobotics

## Key people

- David Hanson, founder (American robotics designer and researcher)
- David Hanson, chief executive (American robotics designer and researcher)
- Ben Goertzel (author and researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence)

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Hanson Robotics, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-hanson-robotics#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48999902, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanson_Robotics

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