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Foxconn manufactures Pepper robot

Foxconn manufactured the Pepper humanoid robot at its facilities in China for SoftBank Robotics. Production was paused in 2020-2021.

manufacturing · Concluded · operating


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Type
manufacturing
Status
Concludedoperating
Announced
2014-06-05
12.4 years ago
Active for
12.4 years

Who’s involved

Foxconn (Hon Hai)manufacturer

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (Foxconn / Hon Hai Technology Group; TWSE: 2317), founded by Terry Gou in 1974 and chaired by Young Liu, is the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer and the leading builder of NVIDIA AI servers. In physical AI, Foxconn is co-developing industrial Humanoid robots with NVIDIA (on the Isaac GR00T stack) and deploying them on its own production lines, beginning at its Houston AI-server plant, while also pursuing EV contract manufacturing through its Foxtron joint venture.

HQNew Taipei City, Taiwanwww.foxconn.com5 partnerships
SoftBank Roboticstechnology provider

SoftBank Robotics is a division of [Softbank group](/companies/softbank-group) developing humanoid and service robots. Products include Pepper (social humanoid), NAO (education humanoid), and Whiz (autonomous cleaning robot). Pioneered social robotics and commercial cleaning automation.

HQTokyo, Japansoftbankrobotics.com6 partnerships

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Sources (1)

  1. https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-softbank-shrinks-robotics-business-stops-pepper-production-sources-2021-06-28/

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