The humanoid robot named "Pepper", designed by Japanese telecommunications company Softbank, was seen in action ... per funeral compared to the typical cost of more than 240,000 yen (£1,711 ...

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 ...

The Humanoid Robot Market Size was valued at $2.21 billion in 2023 and is expected to reach $76.97 billion by 2032 and grow at a CAGR of 48.36% over the forecast period 2024-2032, According to ...

Autumn and Chad Edwards also can control what the robot says to test different patterns of speaking and observe its interactions with humans from outside the room via cameras. Pepper is not for sale ...

Earlier this week it was widely reported that Softbank’s friendly-faced almost-humanoid Pepper robot was not long for this world, as the Japanese company’s subsidiary in France that had been ...

But the Japanese giant has other projects in the works, too. Whiz is the company's newly released robot vacuum. SoftBank calls it a "fully autonomous vacuum sweeper," similar to a Roomba ...