GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (GOSY)

[Mechatronical]

Softbank's main problems with the Pepper:

"When we talk about the profitability of domestic robots, however, experience tells us that, at the moment, the robots which are profitable are not those which 'can do a lot of different things' but those which do one thing and do it well. With the SoftBank business model Pepper can be bought for a more reasonable price than a domestic humanoid robot has ever had, but for Pepper to find its place in the home it will have to show that it is different and will have to demonstrate how its unique ability to recognize emotions from human gestures and tones of voice will be usefully applied in the domestic sphere."

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"Presently the Pepper robot lacks the fundamental and necessary functionality to safely run errands and automatically follow the care receiver. Again, real time sense and avoid moving of unmapped obstacles is a functional deficiency that precludes the Pepper from fully exploiting Fubright's win of SoftBank's Pepper software contest with their "Ninnin Pepper" for aiding those challenged by dementia. This need coupled with the robustness, maturity and ease of migration of GeckoNav to the Pepper is why Fubright is partnering with GeckoSystems."