Japan 's supermarket introduced new robot Pepper in its stores . Pepper are designed to read emotions and interact with humans . Pepper will be sold in Japan in February 2018 . Using its emotion recognition functions , Pepper can react to people in its vicinity -- making jokes , dancing and even rapping ( in Japanese ) , as it did in an onstage demonstration on Thursday . Pepper is designed to make people feel better .
Japan 's supermarket introduced new robot Pepper in its stores . Pepper are designed to read emotions and interact with humans . Pepper will be sold in Japan in February 2018 . Pepper is designed to make people feel better .