The Pepper robot, developed by SoftBank Robotics, is a humanoid robot specially designed to interact with humans. Equipped with a camera, a touchscreen and various sensors, Pepper can understand and speak language, interpret facial expressions and move through complex environments. Its friendly appearance and intuitive operation make it an appealing companion in various social contexts.

 

The possible uses of Pepper are wide-ranging and impressive. Pepper can serve as an information point, greet people, provide information or be used for entertainment. With these versatile applications, Pepper demonstrates the potential of humanoid robots to enrich and support people's everyday lives.

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The Pepper robot can be divided into ‘Head’ and ‘Body’. The robot's ‘head’ is the Android-based tablet on the robot's chest. This is programmed in Android Studio using the Kotlin or Java languages. Applications for the robot are therefore Android apps. The physical form of the robot is the ‘body’, which is addressed and controlled by the ‘head’. Applications access the robot's functions and motors. When planning and using the robot, it is important to understand that an Android app is programmed which is supported by the robot, not the robot itself.

 

Possible uses for the Pepper include using it as a moderator or as an interaction partner.

The robot can give instructions for exercises and visualise the exercise sequence on its tablet. Students can interact with the robot by voice, camera or non-verbally. Compared to NAO, Pepper has no other sensors to interact with apart from the tablet.

 

For ready-to-use scenarios, see: Examples with Pepper