SoftBank Group Corp said on Wednesday that it would open a pop-up store in Tokyo for one week this spring where its popular Pepper humanoid robots will sell smartphones.
At the store, which will open between March 28 and April 3 in Minato Ward, approximately five robots will serve customers. Although human clerks will assist the white, round-eyed robots in part of the transaction, Peppers will be in charge of most of the interactions with customers.
The robots will entice passers-by to the store, greet customers and direct them around the store. They will ask questions such as why the customers visited the store.