Inside SoftBank Corp. Development Workshops For The Company's Humanoid Robot Pepper [Getty Images]

Humanoid robots named Pepper, developed by SoftBank Corp.'s Aldebaran Robotics unit, stand during a Softbank developer's workshop for students and robot enthusiasts in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Billionaire Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank, has said Pepper is a result of his time spent watching the TV show "Astro Boy," an animated 1960s series based on a character who couldn't experience emotions. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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