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Pepper
Pepper
Last updated: September 1, 2026
Locomotion Type
Wheeled
Stage
Mass Production
Height
120 cm
Weight
28 kg
Release Year
2014
Computing
emotion recognition and dialogue AI
Pepper is a humanoid social companion robot launched by SoftBank on 2014-06-05, about 120 cm tall. It recognizes emotions from tone of voice and facial expressions, conducts natural dialogue, uses hand gestures, displays information on a chest tablet and moves on wheels. Commercially deployed worldwide in retail, reception, education and companionship scenarios.
Application Scenarios
Retail reception, customer service, education, companionship and demonstration.
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