Pepper recently started work in a grocery store as part of a trial to see how a robot might benefit customers. While popular with some shoppers, Pepper's apparent limitations showed it still has ...

Pepper the robot is a surprisingly common sight in Japan, but not everyone takes the time to stop and see what it offers. It’s time for that to change.

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.

TOKYO -- The Japanese robot "Pepper" has been programmed to perform a new role: funeral services for Buddhists. SoftBank's humanoid robot "Pepper," featured last month on "CBSN: On Assignment ...

Pepper's latest gig is at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. It's hiring 25 of the diminutive droids to assist at several of its locations in the capital, with visitors encouraged to interact ...

As the coronavirus outbreak continues around the world, robots are being used to disinfect, take temperatures, and even prepare food. Softbank's Pepper robot has been repurposed in some places to ...

They then asked people to set the dinner table with Pepper according to etiquette rules to study how Pepper's self-dialogue skills influence human-robot interactions.

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 ...

If you are anything like me, your primary criterion for a useful robot is one that dances. To 1960s pop songs, preferably. If that is your inclination too, then look no further than Pepper, the ...

Although hearing the inner voice of robots enriches the human-robot interaction, some people might find it inefficient because the robot spends more time completing tasks when it talks to itself.