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 newest member of Stillwater Center’s team can speak multiple languages, double-check dosage information for patients and lead story time for children at the facility. This new addition to ...

Pepper, a multipurpose human-shaped robot, design by Softbank, is the first robot to be adopted in Japanese homes. The diminutive droid’s latest gig is at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. The ...

ROANOKE, Va.-– Pepper the humanoid robot is the newest team member at Roanoke County Public Library. It is the first public library in the U.S. to recruit Pepper. "We have all just fallen in love with ...

“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 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 ...

Sprint’s (NYSE:S) latest customer relations employee is a robot. Sprint has started to use Pepper, a four-foot tall humanoid robot, to assist customers at the telecommunications company’s retail ...

Whether it’s robots or smartphones, AI or premium audio products, Japan has always been at the forefront of any conversation about technology. We recently spent several weeks in Tokyo discovering not ...

TOKYO -- The Japanese robot "Pepper" has been programmed to perform a new role: funeral services for Buddhists. SoftBank's humanoid robot "Pepper," featured last month on "CBSN: On Assignment," was on ...

Pepper, a multipurpose human-shaped robot, design by Softbank, is the first robot to be adopted in Japanese homes. Image used with permission by copyright holder The diminutive droid’s latest gig is ...