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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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"
sensei258
Cute how the adults are looking at the display, but the child is looking at the face
No Ginger
Gormless zombies !?
SenseNotSoCommon
1/3 positive emotion? You're spoiling us, SoftBank!
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.
badsey3
Pepper: "Must buy ARM holdings, Pound/Sterling is cheap post Brexit."