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August 23, 2017 12:23 am GMT
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Pepper the robot can perform funerary rites, but it shouldnt
It’s not really clear just what “humanoid” robots are actually for. I’ve seen them do all kinds of things, but almost none of them well; at our recent Robotics event in Boston, several leading experts in the field questioned their necessity. But we grew up with Data and Robby and Cylons, and so now we have Pepper. Performing funeral rites for cash-strapped people in Japan. Read MoreOriginal Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/buHNYwbMYyU/
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