LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Students at Central High School have a new high tech friend to learn from.
Ryan Pepper is a social robot who uses facial recognition and AI to respond to people.
Students use coding to program her to dance, follow sound and speak. They hope Pepper will be able to move on her own soon.
Other versions of Pepper are used in the real world as receptionists and store clerks.
“Before we got her, I wasn’t even a coder,” a student said. “That’s what I came to Central for was their engineering program, so it’s a dream.”
The robot cost $35,000 and is the second robot that students are coding. The other is a robotic dog named Reggie.
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