Softbank (SFTBF), a Japanese company, has revealed named Pepper.
Pepper is a joint effort between Softbank and Aldebaran Robotics. The robot was shown off on Thursday and sang I Want to Be Loved, reports the Associated Press.
“People describe others as being robots because they have no emotions, no heart,” Masayoshi Son, chief executive of Softbank, told
. “For the first time in human history, we’re giving a robot a heart, emotions.”
Here are a few things to know about Pepper, as collected from the Associated Press.
- The robot is equipped with facial recognition technology.
- It can learn how to react over time instead of being programmed.
- Pepper stands 4 feet tall and weighs 62 pounds.
- The robot will go on sale in Japan in February 2015.
- Pepper will cost roughly $1,900.
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