... simple phrases and human gestures such as frowning and smiling. According to French robotics specialist Aldebaran, 'Pepper' is the world's first robot that can 'read' or recognize emotions such as surprise, sadness and anger. It is able to analyze the intonation of the human voice and the vocabulary of its conversation partner. Based on this collected data, it reacts appropriately to the circumstances and, for example, adds a funny comment to a conversation or suggests listening to uplifting music. 'Pepper' is "gifted with language": currently ...