The robots have been put into service to improve customer relations ate banks in the city. A shiny new cohort joined the workforce in Taiwan Thursday -- a troop of mini robots all going by the name "Pepper", enlisted to entertain customers and give them the hard sell. Cathay Life Insurance, Taiwan's biggest insurer, introduced its first Pepper into its Taipei branch Thursday. The firm plans to have 10 robots island-wide, but stressed that Pepper is meant to supplement its human colleagues, not sideline them. The robots have already been introduced into other workplaces around the world, including in Japan and France.

Source: dna October 06, 2016 14:03 UTC