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 ...

Whether it’s robots or smartphones, AI or premium audio products, Japan has always been at the forefront of any conversation about technology. We recently spent several weeks in Tokyo discovering not ...

There was no shortage of robots at CES this year. Some are very short and can roam about the house, acting as a hub with connections to various smart appliances and objects. Many I saw throughout CES ...

Softbank's Pepper will detect sadness based on expression and voice tone, then tell a joke to cheer you up. Artificial intelligence is still a work in progress, but if you're simply looking for ...

Pepper, a multipurpose human-shaped robot, design by Softbank, is the first robot to be adopted in Japanese homes. Image used with permission by copyright holder The diminutive droid’s latest gig is ...

Robots, much like children, are now using simple games to learn important skills. Pepper, SoftBank’s adorable humanoid robot, recently learned to play ball-in-a-cup (also called ring and pin) in an ...

James Vincent is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. The UK Parliament caused a bit of a stir this week with the news that it would play host to its ...

Softbank's cute social robot Pepper, which was out of stock within just a minute of its launch in Japan, will soon be stealing the hearts of U.S. consumers as fleets of the robots gradually make it to ...

We’ve seen Pepper, the cutesy robotic butler, provide customer service, offer info at train stations, sell smartphones and take your Pizza Hut order. Now, Pepper has a new public health mission. The ...

Robots seem to be the next big thing for electronics makers and tech companies, with LG announcing a slew of robots at CES in January, and SoftBank showing off Pepper, their own robot. Although Pepper ...