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 ...

Japanese technology company Softbank denies it’s pulling the plug on its friendly, talking, bubble-headed Pepper robot. “There is absolutely no change to our Pepper business,” Softbank ...

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 ...

SoftBank's Pepper robot has already debuted at sports stadiums as a COVID-era stand-in, cheering on athletes in lieu of actual crowds. It makes for a bizarre, and yet, kind of adorable spectacle ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

Pepper is heading to the robot graveyard, but memories of the humanoid will live on. These are our favorite moments from the droid's seven-year life.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son was nothing if not talkative during the briefing held on June 18 in advance of the public release of Pepper, SoftBank's humanoid robot.Son emphasized the advances his com… ...