A ROBOT has been enrolled at a school and is set to study alongside other students.
Pepper is the first ever robot to read human emotions and it will be helping students who struggle to communicate with other pupils and teachers, and those with difficulties learning English and robot technology.
When Pepper joined Hisashi School in Japan, he said: "I never thought that I would be accepted into a human school."
Teachers believe that the robot's presence will encourage the classmates to learn.
The humanoid robot also has customer service skills and they were tested in a number of establishments, however designers had to put a sex ban on the robot after discovering people were installing 'sexy' apps which enabled them to touch it.
Softbank Robotics, a Japanese corporation, developed Pepper to work in banks and shops.
But as well as going to school, Pepper will be working for Nestle Japan.
The food company employed Pepper to communicate with people and sell their Nescafe coffee machines by reading and understanding the customers.
A description of the robot was published on the company's website: "Pepper is the first humanoid robot designed to live with humans.
"At the risk of disappointing you, he doesn't clean, doesn't cook and doesn't have super powers... Pepper is a social robot able to converse with you, recognize and react to your emotions, move and live autonomously."
