Shoppers talk to SoftBank Corp's companion robot Pepper at a store in Tokyo, Sunday. Pepper robots are equipped with a "heart" designed to not only recognize human emotions but react with simulations of anger, joy and irritation.
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No Ginger
Gormless zombies !?
SenseNotSoCommon
1/3 positive emotion? You're spoiling us, SoftBank!
sensei258
Cute how the adults are looking at the display, but the child is looking at the face
SenseNotSoCommon
Why give up the habit of a digital lifetime?
Monozuki
The child presumably believes the humanoid Pepper is a real human.
RangerMIFFED
I just automatically recoil from this replicant.
Citizen2012
That Pepper is only a tablet on wheels, you could it a robot in 1970, those with real interest on robotics with autonomous abilities (which means with a real AI) should check "boston dynamics"
badsey3
Pepper: "Must buy ARM holdings, Pound/Sterling is cheap post Brexit."