Meet Pizza Hut's latest employee: Pepper the robot

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Meet Pizza Hut's latest employee: Pepper the robot
« on: May 27, 2016, 06:01:10 pm »
Meet Pizza Hut's latest employee: Pepper the robot
25 May 2016, 12:00 am

                    Humanoid robot 'Pepper' will soon be taking orders in Pizza Hut locations across Asia. MasterCard announced this week that it is teaming up with SoftBanks Robotics and Pizza Hut Asia to launch a new commerce app for the customer service bot.

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Re: Meet Pizza Hut's latest employee: Pepper the robot
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2016, 03:54:55 am »
Just caught my attention... Some CEO in a news report, in a labor dispute, claiming it was cheaper to spend $35,000 (about 24,000 British Pounds) on a robotic employee, than it was to hire a human employee.
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