Sources: SoftBank is scaling back its robotics business globally, including eliminating 165 jobs in France, and has stopped producing its Pepper humanoid
Reuters Sam Nussey
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Discussion
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@andyboxall
Andy Boxall
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I've loved every interaction I've had with Pepper. Not just at shows, but in the real world - the airport, hotels, in a phone store, at restaurants, and even at a Roppongi karaoke place. Pepper also tested my Japanese quite often, and exposed how limited it is 😂 https://twitter.c…
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@reuterstech
@reuterstech
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SoftBank is slashing jobs at its global robotics business and has stopped the production of its Pepper robot, according to sources and documents reviewed by @Reuters. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@parismarx
Paris Marx
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Just thinking back to the mid-2010s automation discourse and how robots like Pepper will held out as proof that robots were going to replace humans in far more types of work. Not only has that not come to pass, but now Pepper is being phased out. https://www.reuters.com/...
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@lanceulanoff
Lance Ulanoff
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Poor Pepper. Never really advanced beyond a curiosity. Yes, it had that nifty, cloud-based emotion-reading capability. But the hardware remained almost untouched for 7 years. https://www.reuters.com/...