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 ...

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 ...

What is clear is the acquisition of Boston Dynamics by Softbank is a big deal. Softbank’s humanoid robot Pepper is trading up her dainty wheels for a pair of sturdy legs. In expressing his excitement ...

The humanoid robot named "Pepper", designed by Japanese telecommunications company Softbank, was seen in action wearing a Buddhist robe chanting sutras at Japan's largest funeral and cemetery expo.

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 ...

FUKUOKA--Dancing robot dogs named Spot and Pepper humanoid robots have been cheering on the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks baseball team in the absence of flesh and blood fans and cheerleaders. The ...

The team programmed a humanoid robot named Pepper, supplied by Softbank Robotics, to demonstrate a high degree of social interaction and adaptive behaviours in different social situations.

which builds robots that run, jump and climb stairs. More than a decade after the Dot Com bubble burst, SoftBank reaped the financial rewards of the early Alibaba deal. When the Chinese e-commerce ...

(Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to lead a $500 million funding round for Skild AI, a startup building ...

the robot food runner, after raising $32 million in Series A funding this week. The round was led by Softbank, which has a reputation for investing in startups that can digitize and disrupt slow ...