Robotics
One thousand more Pepper robots, recently went on sale and were gobbled up by eager robotics consumers almost immediately. SoftBanks robot is so popular that they are said to be scaling up production at their Foxconn locations.
Yesterday 1,000 Pepper robots, priced at 198,000 Japanese yen (US$1,623), were put up for sale by SoftBank online, and sold out within one minute, the Japanese firm said.
Pepper, created to function as a “social companion for humans,” is touted by SoftBank as not only being able to read human emotions, but also respond to emotional signifiers, such as laughing or frowning.
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This was the sixth batch of Pepper robots which were snatched up soon after the online sales began. The robots were unveiled in the Japanese market on June 18 for the first time and started to go on sale a few days later, with SoftBank providing the first batch of 1,000 units.In each of the previous five rounds of online sales, 1,000 Pepper robots were sold out in one minute after online sale began. Softbank has upgraded the Pepper robot, and the new version is able to memorize and store data on human responses by using cloud technology-based artificial intelligence applications developed by the company's subsidiary, Cocoro SB.
Softbank has also begun producing Pepper at Foxconn factories in China, and is ramping up production of the popular robot.
The next round of online sale will be on December 26 with an additional 1,000 Pepper robots available.
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