Meet Pepper, the 1,000 robot that will read your emotions

Like the Tin Man in The Wizard Of Oz, the robot community has finally found its heart. This time around it's not made of sawdust-stuffed silk. Better -- sensors, cameras, microphones and proprietary algorithms that calculate human emotion according to vocal intonation and facial expressions. And soon it could be ambling around your home, asking if you feel alright, after it goes on sale in Japan from F span class "s1" ebruary 2015 for 198,000 yen ( 1,151.99). Pepper is a Wi-Fi enabled humanoid robot that weighs 28kg, features a 10.1-inch touchscreen and can move at speeds of up to 3km/h.