Japanese tech firm reminds customers not to have sex with Pepper the robot
The wise-cracking Pepper – who, according to its makers, can read people’s emotions – costs a cool US$1,600.
The company behind a chatty Japanese humanoid named Pepper has felt the need to remind customers who purchase the robots not to engage in sex with them.
Mobile phone giant SoftBank, which sells the units in Japan, states helpfully in its user agreement: “The policy owner must not perform any sexual act or other indecent behaviour.”
The wise-cracking Pepper – who, according to its makers, can read people’s emotions – costs a cool US$1,600.
But even for that outlay, SoftBank warned buyers that the pint-sized droid cannot be used outside or to inflict harm on human beings.
Other clauses prohibit using Pepper to send out spam email but the ban on sex with the plastic machine – which stands just 120cm and moves on rollers – is the most baffling, causing social media in Japan to light up in amazement.
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