Japanese tech firm SoftBank is launching an online app store for Pepper, a humanoid robot that can read and respond to human emotions. In addition, the company will open four new Pepper for Biz ...

ROANOKE, Va.-– Pepper the humanoid robot is the newest team member at Roanoke County Public Library. It is the first public library in the U.S. to recruit Pepper. "We have all just fallen in love with ...

Until now, Pepper the robot has required programming knowledge to control, a fact that’s proven a pain point toward wider adoption (well, that and the fact that it hasn’t started shipping widely here ...

Pepper, the humanoid robot created by Aldebaran Robotics and SoftBank Mobile, is slowly making its way to the US — and it’s starting in Silicon Valley. The robot was seen in action this week at the ...

SoftBank Robotics America (SBRA) has released the first of several out-of-the box software solutions for Pepper, its humanoid robot, including a content management solution that will see one of its ...

HSBC is the first bank in the U.S. to deploy SoftBank's lifelike Pepper robot in a branch to help customers learn about bill pay, remote check capture and even ask the weather — but in Pepper's ...

Pepper has arrived in the US and wants to be the ultimate internet of things device -- first in shopping malls, but eventually in your home. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer.

SoftBank Robotics and HSBC have partnered to roll out humanoid banking assistants, first in New York and now in Los Angeles. We stopped by to see Pepper in action in Beverly Hills. On a recent visit ...

Imagine walking into a store and actually feeling like someone (or something) wants to help you, instead of pushing you into buying the latest, expensive product. That’s the future of retail promised ...

Reports of Pepper’s demise are greatly exaggerated, but the robot’s long-term future is certainly hanging in the balance. Marketed as “the world’s first humanoid robot able to recognize faces and ...

Like the Tin Man in The Wizard Of Oz, the robot community has finally found its heart. This time around it's not made of sawdust-stuffed silk. Better -- sensors, cameras, microphones and proprietary ...

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