{"id":286781,"date":"2021-06-29T20:40:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T17:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/these-were-your-greatest-moments\/"},"modified":"2021-06-29T20:40:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T17:40:54","slug":"these-were-your-greatest-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/these-were-your-greatest-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"#These were your greatest moments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#These were your greatest moments<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>Pepper the robot is taking early retirement.<\/p>\n<p>The humanoid\u2019s maker, Japan\u2019s SoftBank Group, has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Business\/Technology\/SoftBank-stops-making-Pepper-robot-but-says-it-isn-t-dead\">reportedly<\/a>\u00a0stopped producing Pepper due to weak demand.<\/p>\n<p>Pepper had been\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/robotics\/home-robots\/how-aldebaran-robotics-built-its-friendly-humanoid-robot-pepper\">touted<\/a> as the harbinger of a robotics revolution,\u00a0but the droid\u2019s early demise show it couldn\u2019t quite live up to the hype.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Read:\u00a0<span class=\"c-message_attachment__title\"><span dir=\"auto\">Why entrepreneurship in emerging markets matters<\/span><span aria-label=\"(opens in new tab)\"\/><\/span>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pepper nonetheless made a mark on the public during the android\u2019s six-year run. Here are our fondest memories of the robot \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/first-robot-a-heart-can-3649024\">with a heart<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. The time Pepper got fired from a grocery store<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pepper once sought gainful employment in a Scottish grocery store, but the droid soon proved unsuitable for the role.<\/p>\n<p>Working under the pseudonym of Fabio, the robot was fired after a week of confusing and unnerving customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately Fabio didn\u2019t perform as well as we had hoped,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/science\/2018\/01\/21\/fabio-robot-sacked-supermarket-alarming-customers\/\">said<\/a> Luisa Margiotta, who ran the chain of shops with her father and sister. \u201cPeople seemed to be actually avoiding him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A key reason for Pepper\u2019s early retirement may well be the robot\u2019s inability to hold down a job.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. The time Pepper became a Buddhist priest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Pepper was filmed performing Buddhist funeral rites at the ominously named \u201cLife Ending Industry Expo\u201d in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>The software writers envisioned the bot helping busy priests in rural areas, but there have been no reports of Pepper getting hired to work at funerals. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pepper The Robotic Buddhist Priest Debuts In Japan | NBC News\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FVobokmWqe8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. The time Pepper gave evidence at the UK Parliament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In one of Pepper\u2019s more irritating stunts, the robot became the first non-human witness at the UK Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Pepper was wheeled out to offer insights on the \u201cFourth Industrial Revolution\u201d \u2014 but the robot is about as insightful as a towel.<\/p>\n<p>All the questions and answers were <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ed in advance, as Pepper is incapable of formulating original thoughts.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pepper the robot gives evidence in Parliament\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qc6koaHJVgw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The droid\u2019s responses were predictably vapid, although no worse than many of the ministers\u2019 comments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. The time Pepper was a victim of assault.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son wanted Pepper to \u201cmake people smile,\u201d but the robot didn\u2019t make everybody beam.<\/p>\n<p>A drunken 60-year-old man was once arrested for kicking a Pepper robot in a fit of rage. According to the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2015\/09\/07\/national\/crime-legal\/drunken-kanagawa-man-60-arrested-after-kicking-softbank-robot-in-fit-of-rage\/#.Ve5cJWSqpBf\">Japan Times<\/a>, the brutal attack left Pepper a shadow of its former self.<\/p>\n<p>In fairness to Pepper, the assailant said his anger had been provoked by a human store clerk. The robot was merely an innocent victim of his ire.<\/p>\n<p>The incident proved that Pepper could at least provide a useful (albeit pricey) punchbag.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. All the times that Pepper shook hands with\u00a0celebs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Undoubtedly, Pepper\u2019s greatest skill was shaking hands with dignitaries.<\/p>\n<p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former French President Francois Hollande were among the many VIPs who grasped the cold hand of the \u201cemotionally intelligent\u201d robot.\u00a0\u201cRock star\u201d astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson preferred to give the lifeless droid a cuddle.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1358664 js-lazy\" alt=\"Pepper hugged Neil deGrasse Tyson\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/robot-hug.gif\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1358664\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/robot-hug.gif\" alt=\"Pepper hugged Neil deGrasse Tyson\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>Pepper went on to become a celebrity in its own right, but fame proved to be a fickle beast.<\/p>\n<p>Farewell, my dear Pepper. 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The humanoid\u2019s maker, Japan\u2019s SoftBank Group, has reportedly\u00a0stopped producing Pepper due to weak demand. Pepper had been\u00a0touted as the harbinger of a robotics revolution,\u00a0but the droid\u2019s early demise show it couldn\u2019t quite live up to the hype. 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