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Pepper is a semi-humanoid robot manufactured by Aldebaran Robotics (formerly Softbank Robotics Europe), designed with the ability to read emotions. It was introduced in Japan in June 2014. It was introduced in Japan in June 2014.
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 ...
Before founding the Rosie Lab, Lim worked on software teams at SoftBank and Aldebaran Robotics, where she assisted in the development of the infamous Pepper robot. [9] She also previously worked as an intern software engineer and researcher at Google, Honda Research Institute Japan, and I3S-CNRS, France.
Mindar (Japanese: マインダー), also known as Android Kannon Mindar, is an android preacher at the Kōdai-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan. The humanoid robot regularly gives sermons on the Heart Sutra at the 400-year-old Zen Buddhist temple. It was created to represent and embody Kannon, [a] a bodhisattva associated with compassion.
Folks in Japan might find themselves chatting with Pepper robots in business establishments these coming years. The enterprise version of the gentle-looking humanoid machine will be available for ...
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.
In Japan, robots became popular comic book characters. Robots became cultural icons and the Japanese government was spurred into funding research into robotics. Among the most iconic characters was the Astro Boy, who is taught human feelings such as love, courage and self-doubt. Culturally, robots in Japan became regarded as helpmates to their ...
TOKYO (Reuters) -Germany's United Robotics Group said on Tuesday it will acquire SoftBank Group Corp's Paris-based robotics unit SoftBank Robotics Europe, which developed the humanoid Pepper robot ...