Cutting edge robot who can 'read emotions' keeps getting fired from jobs
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dailystar.co.ukDaily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Daily Star readers who are concerned that robots might soon take their jobs can rest easy for now.Humanoid robot Pepper, made by Japanese company SoftBank Group Corp., has been sacked from at least half a dozen jobs.Production of the artifically-intelligent robot, introduced in 2014, "paused for a while" last month due to low demand.The company announced that it would only start making the robot again "when it is needed", it said.
According to Reuters, only 27,000 units were ever made.Scottish grocery chain Margiotta installed a Pepper in their flagship Edinburgh store, but it turned out to be not very helpful, advising customers to look "in the alcohol section" when they asked where.
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