Japan’s SoftBank says Pepper robot remains ‘alive’ and well


News of her death have been greatly exaggerated: SoftBank acknowledged the contracts of 330 workers at the Paris division of SoftBank Robotics were being reviewed, but the move was routine and did not spell a death knell for Pepper. — AP

TOKYO: Japanese technology company SoftBank denies it’s pulling the plug on its friendly, talking, bubble-headed Pepper robot.

“There is absolutely no change to our Pepper business,” SoftBank Robotics Corp spokesperson Ai Kitamura said Wednesday.

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