PEPPER it up!
When was the first robot created? It is difficult to say. Apart from myths and legends, popular accounts of the first robot date back to the fourth century B.C., when the Greek mathematician Archytas...
View ArticleApp makers snap up 1st wave of Pepper robots
The Yomiuri Shimbun The 300 units of the Pepper humanoid robot developed by SoftBank Corp. sold out in just one minute on Friday after the firm started taking advance orders from application...
View ArticleMizuho Introduces SoftBank’s Pepper Robot to Tokyo Bank Branch
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter Share on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on Google+E-mail Mizuho Financial Group Inc. introduced SoftBank Group Corp.’s Pepper...
View ArticleMeet Pepper, the emotional robot
updated 5:10 PM EDT, Fri June 6, 2014 | Filed under: Innovations (CNN) -- When someone is being stiff and acting emotionless, we may have to quit calling them a robot. Softbank, a Japanese Internet and...
View ArticleDo the robot: Sprint will sell SoftBank bot 'Pepper'
Sep 2, 2014, 1:52pm CDT Send this story to a friend Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Copy Me Add a brief note: Send Email Processing... SoftBank...
View Article'Emotional' robot sells out in a minute
(CNN)Pepper the humanoid robot is so hot that he sold out within a minute, according to his Japanese creator, SoftBank Robotics Corp. Only 1,000 models were available for the consumer launch on...
View ArticleSoftBank’s Emotion-Reading Robot Is Billionaire Chairman’s Dream Come True
SoftBank Corp. (9984)’s emotion-reading robot Pepper is a result of time billionaire Chairman Masayoshi Son spent as a child watching the TV show “Astro Boy.” Unlike the character from the 1960s...
View ArticleMeet Pepper, the world's first robot who can understand your feelings
The latest iPhone edition. Rolling Stones tickets. An adorable and emotionally intelligent robot. These are things that sell out in no time flat. The last one – called “Pepper” – is the diminutive...
View ArticleHumanoid robots named 'Pepper' will be on sale next year in the U.S.
TOKYO • Billionaire Masayoshi Son will start selling his humanoid robots named "Pepper" at Sprint stores in the U.S. by next summer, part of SoftBank's push to take the technology beyond factory...
View ArticleBillionaire unveils Pepper, the new emotional robot
A cooing, gesturing humanoid on wheels that can decipher emotions has been unveiled in Japan by billionaire Masayoshi Son who says robots should be tender and make people smile. Son's mobile phone...
View ArticleSoftBank to Launch Sales of 'Pepper' — the World's First Personal Robot That...
(Source: SoftBank Corporation) Press Releases 2015 June 18, 2015 SoftBank Robotics Corp. SoftBank Mobile Corp. SoftBank Robotics Corp. and SoftBank Mobile Corp. ("SoftBank") today announced that...
View ArticleSoftbank enters robotics with emotional humanoid
Click photo to enlarge In this undated photo released by Softbank Corp., the Japanese mobile carrier's Pepper humanoid-on-wheels is shown. Softbank is entering the robotics business with its Pepper,...
View ArticlePepper The Robot Unveiled By SoftBank In Japan, Will Cost $1,930 (VIDEO)
Who needs real friends when you can have a robot pal? Meet Pepper, a spiffy new android who can hang out, make jokes, talk and dance. Unveiled on Thursday in Tokyo by SoftBank, Pepper will go on sale...
View ArticleSoftBank to Sell Robot in U.S. Stores Within 12 Months
Billionaire Masayoshi Son will start selling his humanoid robots named “Pepper” at Sprint Corp. stores in the U.S. by next summer, part of SoftBank Corp.’s push to take the technology beyond factory...
View ArticlePepper The Robot Knows When You're Happy Or Sad
An emotionally aware robot called Pepper – which knows when you're happy or sad – is to go on sale in Japan within months. The humanoid was unveiled at a media event in Tokyo, and can perform a range...
View ArticlePepper The Robot Knows If You're Happy Or Sad
An emotionally aware robot called Pepper – which knows when you're happy or sad – is to go on sale in Japan within months. The humanoid was unveiled at a media event in Tokyo, and can perform a range...
View ArticleSoftBank's Pepper proves robots really do care about us
The company on Thursday unveiled a new "humanoid" robot named Pepper that can not only communicate with the user, but also read his or her emotions. by 5 June 2014 5:01 PM BST facebook twitter linkedin...
View ArticleSoftBank's cutesy Pepper robot sells out in one minute
If you always wanted a robot butler to greet guests, amuse kids and be a live-action version of Siri or Cortana, you're way too late. The Pepper robot that does all that sold out exactly one minute...
View ArticleSoftbank enters world of robotics with perky humanoid Pepper
Softbank is entering the robotics business with its cooing, gesturing and sympathetic Pepper humanoid-on-wheels that it says is designed for companionship and can decipher human emotions. The Japanese...
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