Time into 2022, this protracted "war against the epidemic", Pepper is not absent. Since April 2020, Pepper has been serving mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 patients in hotel lobbies in Tokyo, Japan.
The Shinagawa Prince Hotel is located ina bustling business district, opposite Tokyo's busiest train station, but when you step into the hotel lobby, the next second you feel like you are ina different world. Unlike other hotels, you are officially greeted by Pepper, a human-like intelligent robot, through which guests are informed of their stay details.
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That's because the guests who come here all have one thing in common: they're all infected with the novel coronavirus. In Japan, some COVID-19 patients who are rediagnosed positive will be sent to a hotel quarantine, which can help ease the pressure on hospitals.
而运用 Pepper 作为酒店接待者，it can minimize the direct contact between service personnel and COVID-19 patients, thereby reducing the risk of service personnel becoming infected.
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