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Goodbye, Pepper

A man walks between “Pepper” humanoid robots in a hotel in Tokyo on July 20, 2016.
A man walks between “Pepper” humanoid robots in a hotel in Tokyo on July 20, 2016. Photo: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP (Getty Images)

Au revoir, Pepper. You had a short but largely dignified life. And you didn’t try to start the robot uprising—something for which we’ll be eternally grateful.