Tag: Pepper
Robots introduced to rail platforms in the UK and Japan
The influx of robots into the workplace tends to conjure images of automated warehouses and monotonous tasks taken over by an army of soulless...
Robotics roundtable: Should robots look like humans, or like machines?
Science fiction traditionally depicts robots that reflect or caricature humans, replicating our best or worst traits. As robots are becoming increasingly commonplace and lifelike,...
SoftBank Pepper robot “astonishingly insecure”, potential “cyber weapon”
One of the world’s most popular humanoid robots, Pepper, from Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank, can easily be hacked and turned into a “cyber and...
Amazon launching new ‘Vesta’ domestic robots in 2019: report
Retail and Web services giant Amazon is said to be working on a new breed of domestic robots, in a project codenamed ‘Vesta’ –...
Huawei working on AI that can interact with human emotions
NEWSBYTE Chinese technology company Huawei is working on a new artificial-intelligence-powered voice assistant that will be more aware of emotions and more interactive than...
Robot teachers take classes at Finland primary school
A primary school in Tampere, Finland has had an altogether different supply teacher experience this week. The school has been the venue for a robot...