Sophia, world’s first humanoid robot, arrived here on Wednesday from Hong Kong to participate in the ongoing Vizag Fintech Festival. Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics built the robot.

“The robot will speak at the festival on Thursday. We are trying for a video conference chat with Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu,” said K Vijayanand, Principal Secretary, Information Technology. IT Minister Nara Lokesh will be present when Sophia addresses the participants on the future of fintech.

The festival is being attended by 2,000 delegates from 15 countries. SingEx of Singapore in association with Fintech Valley Vizag is organising the event. SingEx India head Baldeep Singh said the delegates were excited over the arrival of Sophia.