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 ...

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 ...

If SoftBank Robotics has its way, Pepper the humanoid robot will not only soon offer cooking advice when you shop for olive oil at your local grocery store, it will also read your facial ...

The robot revolution is coming. But instead of death machines dragging us off to work in their plutonium mines, we'll get helpful little friends like Pepper from SoftBank and Aldebaran.

Pepper is able to speak English, French, Japanese and Spanish, with more languages due to follow. Around 200 robot apps will be available for download from the dedicated app store, such as the ...

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 ...

To explore how inner speech might impact a robot's actions, the researchers built a robot called Pepper that speaks to itself. They then asked people to set the dinner table with Pepper according ...

He isn’t a work robot, but more of an emotional companion for people. Pepper has his own evolving emotions which “are influenced by people’s facial expressions and words, as well as his ...

A group of Japanese fans have opened an online store selling exclusive hair, make-up, accessories and clothes for the Pepper personal robot companion Rierie Japanese fans of Softbank's personal ...

Humanoid robot Pepper has started selling on the Japanese market -- and its first limited run sold out within a minute. Michelle Starr Science editor Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor ...

He isn’t a work robot, but more of an emotional companion for people. Pepper has his own evolving emotions which “are influenced by people’s facial expressions and words, as well as his ...