The team programmed a humanoid robot named Pepper, supplied by Softbank Robotics, to demonstrate a high degree of social interaction and adaptive behaviours in different social situations.

researchers in the WMU School of Communication and co-directors of the Communication and Social Robotics Labs, have been busy getting to know Pepper before they begin live interactions with students ...

Pepper is a robot receptionist working at a hospital in Belgium. It can speak 19 languages and was brought in to improve social and health care. It was designed by company Zora Bots and costs £ ...

If anything, the need for social distancing during the pandemic has boosted demand for robots like Pepper, which sometimes is used to take people’s temperatures in stores. Pepper robots ...

How does a robot perform as a boss at work? The results of research by Polish scientists published in Cognition, Technology & ...

A series of QUT research studies have shed light on the importance of involving individuals with intellectual disabilities in ...

Jack McCrossin's peppers (right) and the greenhouse (left) in New Brunswick (photo courtesy of Jack McCrossin) Sayeh Yousefi from Langley, B.C. Sayeh Yousefi is an aspiring author. For now, the Loran ...

A series of QUT research studies have shed light on the importance of involving individuals with intellectual disabilities in ...

Pepper robots are often seen at shops of major mobile ... In Singapore, the robot patrolled a park and urged visitors to practice social distancing in June. At a hospital in the United States ...

The manufacturer of the humanoid robots Nao and Pepper, Aldebaran Robotics, has slipped into insolvency. Whether and how it will continue is largely unclear. The French robotics company Aldebaran ...