Incident #152·AI Safety & Failures
SoftBank's Humanoid Robot, Pepper, Reportedly Frequently Made Errors, Prompting Dismissal
Explainability
Description
SoftBank's robot allegedly kept making mechanical errors, taking unplanned breaks, failing to recognize previously-met people, and breaking down during practice runs.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- softbank
Alleged Developers
- aldebaran
- softbank-robotics
Harmed Parties
- softbank
Classification
Risk Domain
AI Safety & FailuresRisk Subdomain
7.3. Lack of capability or robustness
MIT Risk Profile
AIUnintentionalPost-deployment
Topics
Explainability
Source
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