SAN FRANCISCO -- While merrily chirping, dancing and posing for selfies, a robot named Pepper looks like another expensive toy at a San Francisco mall. But don't dismiss it as mere child's play.

The 3,400-square-foot leased space aims to offer Town & Country FCU members and others an opportunity to see, touch and experience technology used in banking and other industries.

The presence of robots in schools is no longer surprising. How do elementary school children treat humanoid robots? Are they ...

TAIPEI, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Pepper, SoftBank Corp's humanoid robot, greeted customers at a Taiwan bank and a life insurer on Thursday, one of the first countries outside Japan to use the shiny machine ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - SoftBank Corp's <9984.T> human-like robot Pepper will be rolled out in Taiwan later this year with about 100 rented units making their appearance in some banks and Carrefour SA ...

A humanoid robot that is said to be capable of reading its owner's emotions has gone on sale in Japan - and sold out within the space of a minute. Pepper went on sale on Saturday (June 20) and ...

Two years ago, Japan's SoftBank introduced Pepper, the world's first “personal companion robot” that is capable of reading and responding to human emotions. Since then, Pepper has been introduced in ...

Marketing messaging via robots is on the way, even if the substance and form of that messaging has not yet to take shape. And some of that messaging may be created to come through Pepper the robot, ...

Farming worker shortages are getting worse. In a survey by the California Farm Bureau Federation last year, 55 percent of the 762 farmers surveyed said they had experienced employee shortages. That's ...