Pepper the robot is taking early retirement. The humanoid’s maker, Japan’s SoftBank Group, has reportedly stopped producing Pepper due to weak demand. Pepper had been touted as the harbinger of a robotics revolution, but the droid’s early demise show it couldn’t quite live up to the hype. [Read: Why entrepreneurship in emerging markets matters] Pepper nonetheless made a mark on the public during the android’s six-year run. Here are our fondest memories of the robot “with a heart.” 1. The time Pepper got fired from a grocery store Pepper once sought gainful employment in a Scottish grocery store, but the droid soon proved unsuitable…
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