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Published time: 24 Sep, 2015 09:43 A Japanese-based company Softbank, which has created Pepper the robot, has forced customers to sign a document forbidding its owners from using the humanoid for sexual purposes, as well as creating sexy apps. Even after having paid nearly $2,000 US dollars for the robot, users may have to return…

Pepper the robot costs around £1,300 to buy, another £250-a-month to rent Creators SoftBank say using it for ‘sexual purposes’ breaks this agreement Computer pranksters reprogrammed an iPad to give Pepper virtual breasts Four-foot-tall robot reads human emotions and even offers its user advice Throws spotlight on the growing concern over rights for robots  By…

KUALA LUMPUR: In the world envisioned by Prof Adrian David Cheok, computing wouldn’t just be something you see or hear. It would be experienced with all the senses. Cheok, a professor of pervasive computing at the City University London, has been researching ways to incorporate touch, sight, sound, smell and taste into computing for many…