Last year, SoftBank Robotics Corporation announced their humanoid robot, Pepper, would be available to replace employees and bring about the coming robot revolution and the eventual downfall of humanity help staff various businesses around Japan—and it appears that Pizza Hut will be taking them up on their offer. From TechCrunch:
Thanks to a commerce partnership between Softbank and MasterCard, Pepper will working as a cashier in select Pizza Hut locations in the Asia-Pacific region by the end of the year.
“Pepper can replace a digital kiosk experience, so instead of putting a bunch of tablets or display units in your restaurant, you would have the ability to put a robot in its place and have that cognitive experience,” MasterCard VP Tobias Puehse told TechCrunch. “Approach the restaurant, order some takeaway, and Pepper would take you through that ordering experience.”
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE PEPPER IN ACTION? Actually, you have no choice—as your robot overlord, Pepper, demands it. WATCH, HUMAN, AND MOAN IN AGONY OVER YOUR ENSLAVED FUTURE!