SoftBank Robotics Corp., which made a splash this past June when it sold 1,000 robots in one minute, is making an enterprise-level version of its personal robot available in Japan for pre-orders this October.
Dubbed Pepper for Biz, the business-focused robot is designed to come loaded with applications that allow it to handle office reception tasks and even approach potential customers.
It also has what the company is calling a Pepper for
Biz platform that should let users customize applications and visualize data. One, for instance, is being geared at helping the robot be a salesperson; it starts work as a sales clerk next year at Yamada Denki, a major electronics retailer.