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Pandemic support at hotels

Pepper and cleaning robot Whiz are seen during a demonstration at the entrance of a hotel for patients suffering mild symptoms of covid-19 in Tokyo, Japan on April 30, 2020.
Pepper and cleaning robot Whiz are seen during a demonstration at the entrance of a hotel for patients suffering mild symptoms of covid-19 in Tokyo, Japan on April 30, 2020. Photo: Kazuhiro Nogi (Getty Images)

Pepper became theoretically more useful during the covid-19 pandemic, as the need to maintain social distancing between humans was necessary. But that fact made it particularly ironic that SoftBank halted production in August of 2020—the height of the coronavirus pandemic in countries like the U.S. and UK.

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