In a first for Sotheby’s, the famed auction house will sell a painting made by a humanoid robot — and it’s expected to fetch up to a whopping $180,000. The robot, known as Ai-Da, created the painting of renowned mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing entitled “AI God” with its own hydraulically powered hands.

Entitled AI God, the 2.2 metre-high portrait is expected to fetch between 100,000 and 150,000 pounds ($130,000 and $196,000). The online sale, featuring a range of digital art forms, would explore the intersection between art and technology, according to Sotheby’s.

Da, a humanoid powered by artificial intelligence, will be the first of its kind to have a painting sold at a major auction house, organisers said Wednesday.

A humanoid robot is expected to rake in at least $120,000 this month by auctioning off its painting via the prestigious Sotheby's marketplace. The painting, which depicts the late computer scientist Alan Turing,