Humanoid robot Pepper can now scan office workers' faces to check if they are wearing masks to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Update to Japanese robot allows it to detect people who aren't ...

Pepper costs $1,800 (£1,170) and sold out in the first 60 seconds of going on sale. The clause in Pepper's user contract prohibiting sexual behaviour comes at a time when our intimate relations ...

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 ...

Pepper is about four feet tall, looks like a person (except for the wheels where its legs should be), and has more emotional intelligence than your average toddler. It uses facial recognition 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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

That's where Pepper comes in to play -- the funeral robot could act as priest when a human is not available. Nissei's executive adviser, Michio Inamura, says using a robot priest would cost about ...

Pepper the robot has a new gig at HSBC’s New York City flagship store. The customer engagement robot won’t be a teller, but instead will have job responsibilities such as “streamline branch ...

In video of scientists' experiments, Pepper reveals its thought processes out loud when asked to pass a napkin by a human. This process help the robot make better decisions, the experts say.

Pepper the robot talks to itself to improve its interactions with people. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 04 / 210421124654.htm. Cell Press.

Pepper recently started work in a grocery store as part of a trial to see how a robot might benefit customers. But it seems like there's still some work to be done.