Pepper, the 4-foot-tall robot that “reads emotions,” makes her US debut

Ars tries to interview Pepper the robot. Filmed by Chris Schodt/Edited by Jennifer Hahn. (video link)

PALO ALTO, Calif.—Turns out it’s really hard to interview an adorable interactive robot when she’s stuck on a demo loop and other journalists are trying to interview her at the same time.

Nevertheless, being face-to-face with SoftBank Robotics’ new “social robot” named Pepper was exciting and a bit odd.

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