Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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 robotics revolution, but the droid’s early demise show it couldn’t quite live up to the hype. [Read: Why entrepreneurship in emerging markets matters] Pepper nonetheless made a mark on the public during the android’s six-year run. Here are our fondest memories of the robot “with a heart.” 1. The time Pepper got fired from a grocery store Pepper once sought gainful employment in a Scottish grocery store, but the droid soon proved unsuitable…
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