Japanese technology company Softbank denies it’s pulling the plug on its friendly, talking, bubble-headed Pepper robot. “There is absolutely no change to our Pepper business,” Softbank ...

The Japanese company halted assembly of the 198,000 yen (US$1,790 or RM7,433) robot in August after inventory piled up, but may decide to resume production in future, a SoftBank spokeswoman said.