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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

SoftBank is negotiating a $500 million investment in Skild AI, a software company building a foundational model for robotics ...

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.

SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to lead a $500 million funding round for Skild AI, a startup building robotics software, ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. SoftBank is in talks to lead a funding round for artificial intelligence robotics start-up Skild AI that ...