No sex, please, they're robots, says Japanese android firm
by Justin McCurry in Tokyo from Technology | The Guardian on (#NS9Y)
SoftBank tells customers buying Pepper they 'must not perform any sexual act' on the humanoid
They can educate, entertain and even help with banking queries and hotel check-ins, but as sexual partners, Japan's new generation of android robots are off limits.
That is the somewhat bizarre warning issued by SoftBank, the firm that makes Pepper, perhaps the country's best-known humanoid, which went on sale earlier this year.
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