Bank wants more robot workers

Pepper making a pitch to shoppers at a store in Tokyo in December. Nestle Japan has deployed the chirpy robots, which makers claim can understand a wide range of human speech and emotions, to sell its coffee machines in Japanese stores. Photo: AFP

Customer service and sales demos just the tip of the iceberg as firm prepares to roll out more automatons into the workforce.

Japan's biggest bank is preparing to unveil robot employees with a human touch.