Pepper the robot tells British MPs about uses of artificial intelligence

A robot was questioned by a British select committee for the first time on Tuesday, in a discussion focused on the fourth industrial revolution. Pepper the robot sat at a table alongside robotics students at the committee meeting and answered several questions on the value of technological innovation and the role of robots in a classroom.

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