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Robot staff member to set sail with Costa Cruises
January 11, 2016
Steve Adams
Business & Travel Journalist

The world’s first humanoid robot is set to make a splash when it begins working alongside staff of Italian-based cruise line Costa Cruises this spring.

The robot, called ‘Pepper’ will assist and entertain guests on board the Costa Diadema and sister ship AIDAprima.  Costa Cruises has signed an exclusive agreement worth more than €1 million with French company Aldebaran, a subsidiary of the SoftBank Group, for the world’s first deployment of ‘Pepper’ robots on board its cruise ships.

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