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April 4, 2018

Italy's robot concierge at your service

  • Service robots are still mainly novelties but they are growing fast, and doing security, cleaning, defense and medical jobs.
  • By COLLEEN BARRY and CHARLENE PELE
    Associated Press

    PESCHIERA DEL GARDA, Italy — Robby Pepper can answer questions in Italian, English and German. Billed as Italy's first robot concierge, the humanoid will be deployed all season at a hotel on the popular Lake Garda to help relieve the desk staff of simple, repetitive questions.

    During one of Robby's first shifts, Mihail Slanina, a guest from Moldova, congratulated the robot on his skills.


     
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