SoftBank puts on a Pepper the robot roadshow as it woos developers

Omar Abdelwahed, Head of Studio at SoftBank Robotics America, demos the capabilities of a humanoid robot, called Pepper, which is supposed to help customers shop in stores. "We designed Pepper to create empathy," says Steve Carlin, SoftBank Robotics America vice president in charge of sales and development. Steve Carlin, VP of Marketing and Business Development at SoftBank, discusses Pepper's new ability to help consumers shop at stores. "We've given Pepper a number of cues that will help people understand what it's doing," says SoftBank's Omar Abdelwahed, head of the company's robotics studio.