Aldebaran made the Pepper and Nao humanoid robots, which were popular in education and service uses but struggled to make ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Meet Pepper: a robot designed to be your buddy. Pepper is actually the very first humanoid robot capable of recognizing human emotions and reacting to them. Feeling down? Pepper might do a little ...

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 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...