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TO GO WITH Lifestyle-technology-robotics-Japan-offbeat, INTERVIEW by Alastair Himmer
This picture taken on June 28, 2014 shows Japanese mobile communication giant Softbank’s humanoid robot “Pepper” (R) chatting to a woman at a high-tech gadgets exhibition in Tokyo. Mobile carrier Softbank, which created the robot, says Pepper can understand 70 to 80 percent of spontaneous conversations — although it also answers from a set number of pre-programmed responses. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO

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