A robot trained to manipulate emotions is to make his public debut in Bristol . " Pepper " , a 4-ft tall robot which can talk , laugh , dance and " feel " is the latest creation of the GWS Robotic robot . he will feature in the Being There Showcase on 13 September at Bristol 's Watershed venue , an event spotlighting the robotics research funded by Being There , a four - year project backed by the Brain and Physical Sciences Research Council . The public ##ists have an opportunity to talk to Pepper at the event and see how he responds .
A robot trained to read emotions is to make his public debut in Bristol. "Pepper", a 4-ft tall robot which can talk, laugh, dance and "feel" is the latest creation of the GWS Robotic team. Pepper will feature in the Being There Showcase on 13 September at Bristol's Watershed venue, an event spotlighting the robotics research funded by Being There, a four-year project backed by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The public will have an opportunity to talk to Pepper at the event and see how he responds.