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Softbank, a Japanese Internet and telecommunications
company, introduced the world Thursday to Pepper, a robot
designed to read, and respond to, its user's mood. "People
may look back 100 years later, or 200 years later (and say)
that was a historic moment we are having today." said
Masayoshi Son, Softbank's CEO, in a translated video on
Softbank's website.
Pepper stands about 4 feet tall and weighs just 62
pounds. At the event in Tokyo, the little humanoid offered a
traditional Japanese bow to the crowd before chatting with
Son, shaking hands and urging him to smile. Pepper gets
feedback from its user via 39 , audio recorders and
sensors in its head. Softbank says that instead of being
programmed, Pepper learns how to behave over time.
Feedback is uploaded to cloud storage where it can be
used by other units to modify the way they behave. The
robots will 40 with users based on what mood they
perceive. Pepper has fully articulated arms and hands but
no legs, 41 . There's a tablet-like display mounted on
the robot's chest for communicating.
Softbank's Son, who also is chairman of Sprint Mobile,
said the company envisions a future when household robots
are commonplace and used for tasks ranging from simple
companionship to tending to the sick and elderly.
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Ⓐtailor their interactions
Ⓑrolling on a base that looks something like the bottom of
a sleek white vacuum cleaner
Ⓒquit calling them a robot
Ⓓfacial-recognition technology and a bank of cameras
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