WASHINGTON - On a gloomy October morning, Smithsonian staff members at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden woke up one of their employees from an office and headed to the third floor. Soon after ...

According to Japanese robotics firm Agrist, there's a shortage of farm workers in that country, resulting in lower yields than would otherwise be possible. The company is offering a partial solution ...

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 ...

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 ...

SoftBank Robotics and HSBC have partnered to roll out humanoid banking assistants, first in New York and now in Los Angeles. We stopped by to see Pepper in action in Beverly Hills. On a recent visit ...

Pepper the robot is taking early retirement. The humanoid’s maker, Japan’s SoftBank Group, has reportedly stopped producing Pepper due to weak demand. Pepper had been touted as the harbinger of a ...

We’ve seen Pepper, the cutesy robotic butler, provide customer service, offer info at train stations, sell smartphones and take your Pizza Hut order. Now, Pepper has a new public health mission. The ...

“Hi, I’m Pepper!” says the white, four-foot tall, and surprisingly cute robot. The small iPad-like screen on its chest offers options of activities or questions you can ask. The tiniest nose and the ...

Pepper the humanoid robot is seen in action at HSBC Bank in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Amanda C. Edwards Photo / @acefotopro) Bank customers who have already embraced technology as a way of handling their ...

The robotic Pepper Parlor puts a Star Wars-esque spin on dinner and a show in Tokyo. Patrons may order from, converse with and be entertained by a robot fleet that outnumbers its human handlers at ...