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Added on the 01/02/2016 15:04:34 - Copyright : IDG UK
Lindlar (Germany), March 31, EFE/EPA, (Camera: Sascha Steinbach).- The German chain Edeka has installed a humanoid robot in one of its supermarkets in Lindlar to alert customers to keep their distance from the safety of the Covid-19. The robot, called Pepper, represents a nurse. According to Germany's federal disease control agency, the Robert Koch Institute, the number of cases of COVID-19 in Germany has surpassed the 67,000 mark, while some 650 deaths have been recorded so far. FOOTAGE OF HUMANOID ROBOT 'PEPPER' IN THE EDEKA SUPERMARKET IN LINDLAR, GERMANY.
Award-winning music producer Naughty Boy is helping Simon Cowell to find a new pop group on 'X Factor: The Band'.
Louis Tomlinson has channelled the heartbreak of losing his mother to leukaemia into his forthcoming single 'Two of Us', which acted like therapy for the One Direction star.
Japanese manufacturing giant Panasonic unveiled Cocotto, the rolling, smiling robot who wants to help you raise your kids, at CEATEC, or the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies, in Chiba, Japan on Tuesday. The spherical robot is designed as an "educational companion" for children and is programmed to entertain kids but also to help them form good habits, like brushing teeth, eating, and going to the bathroom.
Robots were the talk of the town at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show Asia, which is currently taking place in Shanghai. Although some of the robots were nothing more than little entertainment gadgets, it's becoming clear that robots will form an integral part of our future. A range of personal robots, including remote controlled bots with sensors and video cameras and personal assistant robots crawled and wheeled their way into people's hearts, but businesses are also preparing to get into the new trend with slew of robotic workers.