Humanoid robots powered by AI are beginning to make their way into everyday public spaces—and people are starting to form ...

TOKYO -- The Japanese robot "Pepper" has been programmed to perform a new role: funeral services for Buddhists. SoftBank's humanoid robot "Pepper," featured last month on "CBSN: On Assignment ...

The judgment comes after witnessing a recent trial of a Pepper robot in a Scottish grocery store. Filmed by the BBC for a documentary on the latest innovations in robotics, Pepper, a humanoid ...

The creators of the robot have specified in their user contract that buyers must not use it for "acts for the purpose of sexual or indecent behaviour." Pepper, a robot created to function as a ...

Pepper the robot is taking early retirement. The humanoid’s maker, Japan’s SoftBank Group, has reportedly stopped producing Pepper due to weak demand. Pepper had been touted as the harbinger ...

Japanese robot Pepper is getting an intelligence upgrade via IBM’s Watson, but that doesn’t make interacting with the real world any less challenging. The humanoid will channel Watson’s ...

Kicking off an event that showcases Softbank's Pepper robot working in a business environment, the Japanese phone carrier says it's going to test it out for itself, announcing a Pepper phone shop ...

and some elementary schools are testing robots to help teach kids with special needs. But Pepper stands out---literally. It's humanoid, mobile, and has a tablet display as well as the ability to ...

When someone is being stiff and acting emotionless, we may have to quit calling them a robot. Softbank, a Japanese Internet and telecommunications company, introduced the world Thursday to Pepper ...

The judgment comes after witnessing a recent trial of a Pepper robot in a Scottish grocery store. Pepper, for the uninitiated, launched in Japan in 2015 and is being marketed as an assistant for ...