Human-like robot "Pepper".
SB Announces General Release
Masayoshi Son, chairman & CEO of Japanese internet and telecommunications giant SoftBank Corp., announces that its robot Pepper can feel and understand people's emotions and also express itself, during a press conference on June 18, 2015, Tokyo, Japan. Son also announced that the first 1000 robots will be on sale to the public for 198,000 JPY (1,604 USD) from Saturday June 20th, and could be available to companies to replace positions such as reception and convenience store staff from the beginning of July. To develop Pepper's skills SoftBank announced an alliance with foreign technology companies FOXCONN and Alibaba Group. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)