It has already been cheerfully offering advice to customers hoping to buy a phone in Tokyo, but Pepper the'emotional' robot is now about to enrol in school. The expressive humanoid, which has been developed by Japanese corporation SoftBank Robotics, is designed to identify and react to human emotions. It is now due to attend classes at Shoshi High School in Waseda, in the Fukushima Prefecture of Japan – making it the first time a robot will'study' alongside human students. Pepper the robot has become the world's first humanoid to enroll into a high school. Pepper is intended to be used for customer service in banks, shops and for greeting people. However, SoftBank has said it – or he as they company seems to prefer – could become a companion in people's homes in the future too.

Standing at a little over a foot tall and capable of recognising human emotions, personal robot Pepper is already proving a success in Japan. It hit the market this summer and within one minute, 1,000 units were ordered. And now, fans of the SoftBank robots have taken these humanoids to the next level by giving them a human touch with clothes an accessories that can be purchased online. Standing at a little over a foot tall and capable of recognising human emotions, personal robot Pepper is proving a success in Japan. Each piece of clothing and accessory is designed not to interfere with the robot's sensors, nor will they become tangled in hinges or joints.

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Meet the future face of healthcare assistance - a friendly faced robot named Pepper. Its diction is still a little odd, and his movements sometimes a bit hesitant, but the robot is all geared up to help patients at two Belgian hospitals. The humanoid assistant, who has a screen on his chest and a round head, is the first robot in the world to be used to greet people in a medical setting, its software creators said. Two of Belgium's hospitals have installed Pepper robots in their receptions for trials. The robots will help patients in Ostend and Liege. In Liege, at the Centre Hospitalier Regional La Citadelle, the robot helper will remain in the hospital's reception area.

It has already been cheerfully offering advice to customers hoping to buy a phone in Tokyo, but Pepper the'emotional' robot is now about to enrol in school. The expressive humanoid, which has been developed by Japanese corporation SoftBank Robotics, is designed to identify and react to human emotions. It is now due to attend classes at Shoshi High School in Waseda, in the Fukushima Prefecture of Japan – making it the first time a robot will'study' alongside human students. Pepper the robot has become the world's first humanoid to enroll into a high school. Pepper is intended to be used for customer service in banks, shops and for greeting people. However, SoftBank has said it – or he as they company seems to prefer – could become a companion in people's homes in the future too.

Customers hoping to buy a new phone in Tokyo are being met with a team of'emotional' robots ready to answer their questions. SoftBank has replaced staff with 10 humanoid Pepper robots in the city's first Pepper Phone Shop. The robots can answer questions, give suggestions and chat to customers by reading their tone of voice and facial expressions. SoftBank has replaced staff with a team of 10 humanoid Pepper robots in the city's first Pepper Phone Shop (picutred). It is the world's first store to be exclusively staffed by machines and will be open until 30 March.