Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The era in which artificial intelligence can help teach children has arrived in a Hialeah school. Her name is Pepper. What began ...

Earlier this week it was widely reported that Softbank’s friendly-faced almost-humanoid Pepper robot was not long for this world, as the Japanese company’s subsidiary in France that had been ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- While merrily chirping, dancing and posing for selfies, a robot named Pepper looks like another expensive toy at a San Francisco mall. But don't dismiss it as mere child's play.

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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 ...

Ever wondered why your virtual home assistant doesn't understand your questions? Or why your navigation app took you on the side street instead of the highway? Researchers have now designed a robot ...

Maybe the robots aren’t coming for your jobs just yet. As such, some of the company’s customers have declined to renew their contracts with SoftBank, according to the Journal, which reported that used ...

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 ...

Japan already has a hotel staffed by robots, so why not a cafe? Opening this week in Tokyo’s bustling Shibuya district, tech giant SoftBank is opening a new eatery staffed by lots of its Pepper robots ...

What began as a grandfather's dream to build the best possible kindergarten for his first granddaughter has pushed William "Bill" De La Sierra to continuously reinvent education. Twenty-four years ago ...