Taiwan News
Date: 2016-07-25
By: Central News Agency

Taiwan has became the first country outside Japan to market “Pepper,” but the humanoid robot developed by Japanese telecom giant SoftBank Corp. will only be available initially to corporate clients, the local distributor announced Monday.

The first batch of the Pepper robots are expected to be seen at several businesses in Taiwan starting in late September, said Perobot Co., a subsidiary of the robot’s manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.

Beginning Monday, companies interested in hiring the robot were able to sign a two-year lease for the robot with the Taiwan distributor, Hon Hai subsidiary Asia Pacific Telecom Co., at a monthly rate of NT$26,888 (US$835.75), according to Perobot.     [FULL  STORY]