Robot performing Japanese funeral rites shows no one's job is safe The good news is that robots will give us a proper send-off before taking over the planet.

SoftBank slashing jobs at robotics business, stops producing Pepper robot As part of the retrenchment, SoftBank plans to eliminate about half of its 330 staff positions in France in September ...

SoftBank’s outposts for Pepper across San Francisco is so that developers interested with Pepper development can get a first-hand look at the robot in the U.S. where it has yet to be released ...

TOKYO, June 28 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp 9984.T is slashing jobs at its global robotics business and has stopped producing its Pepper robot, according to sources and documents reviewed by ...

A robot that reads emotions could be a scary prospect, but Pepper is here to help. Pepper was developed by Japanese firm Softbank using an "emotional engine" and cloud-based artificial intelligence ...

Pepper, a humanoid robot, was brought to WMU in late July through an anonymous donation. Meet Pepper, a humanoid robot that reads the emotions of people it meets and reacts to their moods using its ...