Aldebaran Pepper Humanoid Robot

Aldebaran Pepper Humanoid Robot is designed specifically for Business Applications – Pepper is the latest product of the Aldebaran Softbank Robotics company, which developed the famous NAO robot. Designed to be used in professional environments and integrated into them as naturally as possible, Pepper is an attractive and endearing humanoid robot. A genuine link between physical and online channels, Pepper offers a rich experience with real added value in a physical location. Thanks to his design, size and humanoid behaviour, he is easily accepted by everyone. For all that, Pepper is not designed or intended to replace human beings, which helps to contribute to its integration.

The package includes :

• 1 Pepper humanoid robot
• 2 years of warranty on professional services
• 2 languages (English and the language of your choice)
• 1 charger
• 1 Software license of Choregraphe SDK

Comparison of Pepper OS Versions

Pepper Python (NAOqi 2.5)

• Version dedicated to advanced development in robotics
• Over 1000 APIs for development flexibility
• Possibility to upgrade from NAOqi 2.5 to 2.9, but no backwards compatibility
• Uses Choregraphe and Python for programming and customisation in NAOqi 2.5
• Direct access to sensors and support for complex algorithms
• Lack of “out-of-the-box” applications
• No updates
• No compatibility with QiSDK applications

Pepper Android (QiSDK 2.9)

• Version designed for interactive and commercial applications
• 20 APIs prioritising stability
• Uses Android Studio and Java/Kotlin
• Improves interaction capabilities, navigation, and compatibility with external AI libraries
• Application stability
• Regular updates
• No compatibility with Python/ROS
• Limitations on access to the internal system

Key features of the Pepper humanoid robot

Software applications have to be installed on your robot to allow it to ensure the following features.

Attracting

Pepper can create traffic in your physical locations. It offers a unique experience, richer than online. Benefits: increasing footfall, promoting an innovative image, and raising brand visibility.

Welcoming

Pepper humanoid robots can welcome and assist customers through the first stages of their visit. Benefits: standing out through innovation, managing and regulating peak attendance periods, and raising the profile of the brand.

Entertaining

The Pepper humanoid robot offers a truly unusual customer experience. Benefits: increasing footfall, boosting brand affinity.

Guiding

Pepper can guide towards locations, services or products, and help people to find what they’re looking for. Benefits: reducing staff workload, personalised services, improved management and sales tracking.

Informing and recommending products

Pepper can inform and offer recommendations about products and services. Pepper can participate in loyalty programmes. It recommends products and services in a personalised manner, adapted to the customers’ profiles and purchasing history. Benefits: harmonising the cross/omnichannel experience, assisting sales and sales teams, boosting sales, improving management and sales tracking

Improving customer knowledge

Pepper humanoid robots can measure customer satisfaction, and study customer opinions in the form of satisfaction indexes or verbatim audio or text in response to open and closed questions. Pepper can refine the analysis of these opinions thanks to customer data such as gender, age or mood. Benefits: quality and reliability of data, deeper knowledge of the customers, storage and analysis of data in real-time.