And so Pepper can feel sad when left alone, content while being stroked on the head, confused if he doesn’t understand what people are saying, scared in the dark, happy while dancing.

The robot, named Pepper, has the ability to read human emotions, hold conversations, move on its own, dance and tell jokes. Priced at $1,650, the initial shipment of 1,000 units of the robot sold ...

Sprint’s (NYSE:S) latest customer relations employee is a robot. Sprint has started to use Pepper, a four-foot tall humanoid robot, to assist customers at the telecommunications company’s ...

By Aalia Adam Global News Posted May 6, 2018 8:00 am 2 min read ... 2:42 Meet Pepper – Canada’s first talking, dancing, emotionally sensitive robot ...

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 ...

HSBC is billing Pepper as the first humanoid robot in Canadian banking. The company has already introduced robots — all of them called Pepper — at seven locations in the United States.

Pepper, the first humanoid robot with virtual emotions, went on sale in Japan this summer and is now coming to North America. In its fifth year taking over Toronto’s Metro Toronto Convention Centre, ...

Son's mobile phone company Softbank said Thursday that the robot it has dubbed Pepper will go on sale in Japan in February for 198,000 yen ($2,100). Overseas sales plans are under consideration ...

HONG KONG: Pepper the humanoid robot was born in 2014. It enjoyed a brief wave of hype, including a visit to the Financial Times to meet the editor. “This is a robot that behaves autonomously ...

URAYASU, Japan - Technology company Softbank's Pepper robot is going on sale in Japan on Saturday, equipped with a “heart” designed to not only recognize human emotions but react with ...