News > SoftBank shrinks robotics business, stops Pepper production

SoftBank shrinks robotics business, stops Pepper production

The Hindu | 29/06/2021 02:07 PM | Click to read full article

SoftBank Group Corp is slashing jobs at its global robotics business and has stopped producing its Pepper robot, according to sources and documents reviewed by Reuters, as the conglomerate downgrades its industry ambitions.

Production of the humanoid Pepper, touted as the first robot with "a heart", was stopped last year, according to three sources familiar with the matter and the documents. 

-