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Pepper is not a functional robot for domestic use. Instead, Pepper is intended "to make people enjoy life", enhance people's lives, facilitate relationships, have fun with people and connect people with the outside world. [28] Pepper's creators hope that independent developers will create new content and uses for Pepper. [29]
With Japan's population aging and shrinking, priests are in need of help -- and that's what Pepper is here for. In Japan, robot-for-hire programmed to perform Buddhist funeral rites Skip to main ...
Spot, Olie Polie's pet robot dog in Rolie Polie Olie. The Mechanical Hound, a robotic hunter killer who serves the firemen as a scent hound in the book Fahrenheit 451. Its mouth conceals a syringe containing tranquilizers. Toby, the robot dog who was the companion of Halo Jones in the classic comic story The Ballad of Halo Jones.
The global market for nursing care and disabled aid robots, made up of mostly Japanese manufacturers, is still tiny: just $19.2 million in 2016, according to the International Federation of Robotics.
RobotLAB is an American educational technology company that manufactures robotics and virtual reality products for K-12 and higher education, as well as business robots for retail, hospitality, and medical companies. [1] [2] The company distributes the Pepper and NAO [3] humanoid robots developed by SoftBank Robotics.
Robopu: A robot with a teapot for a head. Roboinu: A dog-like robot who wears a bucket on his head. Robopecha: A medic robot with a medical needle in place of his right hand. Robogari: A teacher robot with a lightbulb-shaped head. He always gets a perfect score, which annoys Robocon. Roboton: A construction robot with a hammer for a face.
SoftBank's robot Pepper isn't designed to do any heavy lifting or household chores, but it does promise to be a constant source of companionship and emotional support. It appears that's just fine ...
James Hadfield of The Japan Times rated the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote that the film is "as cerebral as a conversation with a Pepper robot, but if you’re looking for an uncomplicated diversion, you could do far worse." [3] Film critic Atsuko Kawaguchi rated the film 2 stars out of 5. [4]