URAYASU, Japan (AP) — Technology company Softbank’s Pepper robot is going on sale in Japan on Saturday, equipped with a “heart” designed to not only recognize human emotions but react with simulations ...

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.

SoftBank's acquisition of ABB's robotics unit reflects billionaire Masayoshi Son's renewed interest in robots. The company ...

SoftBank Group has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB in a $5.4 billion deal, as the Japanese ...

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 ...

Three humanoid robots and more than 100 Cornell alumni joined Rodolphe Gelin, the chief scientific officer of SoftBank Robotics, for a keynote speech on the future of robotics as part of a two-day ...

SoftBank Group ($SFTBY) has agreed to acquire the robotics division of Swiss engineering company ABB ($ABBNY) for $5.4 ...

Just under a year after Watson learned how to speak Japanese, IBM's supercomputer is about to get more familiar with one of the country's most famous robots. Pepper, the emotional android developed by ...

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SoftBank Group Corp. said Wednesday it will acquire the robotics business of Swiss industrial automation company ABB Ltd. for ...

SoftBank Group (OTC: SFTBY) (OTC: SFTBF) said on Wednesday it will buy the robotics division of Swiss engineering firm ABB ...