SAN FRANCISCO -- While merrily chirping, dancing and posing for selfies, a robot named Pepper looks like another expensive toy at a San Francisco mall. But don't dismiss it as mere child's play.

SoftBank Robotics and its agency Midnight Oil recently produced a series of events designed to demonstrate its humanoid robot Pepper's capabilities and value in a traditional retail store setting. The ...

The presence of robots in schools is no longer surprising. How do elementary school children treat humanoid robots? Are they ...

While Russia and the U.N. are worrying about autonomous destructive military robots, Japan is making a happy, cooing robot. Japanese billionaire/robot enthusiast Masayoshi Son said his robot is tender ...

A humanoid robot that is said to be capable of reading its owner's emotions has gone on sale in Japan - and sold out within the space of a minute. Pepper went on sale on Saturday (June 20) and ...

Pepper the robot made history in the U.K. as the first to address members. LONDON -- A robot named Pepper made history in the U.K. Tuesday as it presented evidence to the Houses of Parliament. Pepper, ...

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Meet Pepper the Robot, the result of a partnership between Merrimack College students and Dr. Rickey Caldwell, now greeting visitors at the Nevins Library in Methuen. Pepper is best experienced in ...

Marketing messaging via robots is on the way, even if the substance and form of that messaging has not yet to take shape. And some of that messaging may be created to come through Pepper the robot, ...

The robotic Pepper Parlor puts a Star Wars-esque spin on dinner and a show in Tokyo. Patrons may order from, converse with and be entertained by a robot fleet that outnumbers its human handlers at ...