Hanson Robotics’ Spotlight Series: Meet Charlotte Poon

Hanson Robotics’ Highlight Series

Right here is the 2d of a series of interview posts introducing our very honest actual Hanson Robotics’ workforce members to the the relaxation of the arena. us by our social and be taught robots — Sophia, Han, Runt Sophia, Zeno, Professor Einstein, BINA48 and the list goes on. Nonetheless the proficient folks slack the scenes are the ones who create the Hanson Robotics’ magic happen, day in and hasten.  It’s a extraordinarily particular community of folks from around the arena, all contributing by their possess extraordinary journey who “elevate our robots to life!”

Introducing Charlotte Poon, Occasion Coordinator, Hong Kong

What used to be the 2d you knew you made the factual decision to work here?

Earlier than I formally started working at Hanson Robotics, I first met one of the most workforce members at a Chinese restaurant after they had returned from attending a fleshy day at a conference.  They had been friendly and welcoming, joking with every various relating to the food and work, no matter being tired from the day’s lectures and workshops.  It used to be nice looking to meet folks from many various backgrounds and locations.  The next day, I coincidentally bumped into about a folks I met the day sooner than. They’d merely returned from mountain ice climbing and I thought these are my roughly folks!  They work exhausting and respect things open air of labor collectively. That’s a lawful signal they fancy every various.

After initiating my job at Hanson Robotics, I noticed how folks helped every various no matter the scale or originate of job.  Belief to be one of my first projects integrated transport Sophia’s rolling depraved to extra than one global locations, and things bought refined instant.  Nonetheless I was impressed by how rapidly all fingers had been on deck from various groups to support and to be clear the shipment would ranking there on time. I constantly learn from the total folks here.

What used to be your simplest day at work?

I purchased to participate in a TV episode filmed at our Hong Kong place of work for a expose that grants youngsters’s wants. One boy from Saudi Arabia wished to meet a robot and so this complete film crew flew to Hong Kong for the fundamental time. I might presumably presumably virtually in fact feel the vibes of the youngster’s pleasure as he approached Sophia. There respect been mute moments of apprehension sooner than he launched into intellectual and perceptive questions about how the robot worked. We don’t in most cases respect youngsters in the lab and I was inspired by this stumble upon.  It reminded me about how robotics and AI are a better piece of these youngsters’s lives than they had been in mine. On the present time they’re imagining, and tomorrow they would presumably be designing and growing extra robots fancy Sophia.

What’s one thing that happened that might presumably most attention-grabbing happen here?

Neatly, every day I am surrounded by robots at work – some headless, some speaking, some training unique abilities – that’s relatively irregular already, I imagine!  The background noise is a symphony of whirs and sounds of robotic equipment that I get thrilling. As soon as I was speaking to a friend and stated, “She (that manner Sophia) did one thing cool this day,” and my friend used to be surprised that I referred to Sophia as “she!”  That made me observe that isn’t one thing that occurs in each build.

What are you most proud of?

I worth the moments when somebody meets Sophia for the fundamental time. Infrequently they reveal at one thing she says, in most cases they’re surprised by an arm creep and in most cases their eyes widen after they look an especially life like expression. In these moments I am proud of every scrutinizing stare that analyzed and mounted her from wires down to every pore on her face. Everybody’s high standards for growing an comely Sophia create that breath-taking journey that you would possibly presumably presumably imagine.

Cyndy Sandor, Corporate Advertising and marketing Director, Hanson Robotics Restricted

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