SoftBankGroup puts robot investments under one holding company to coordinate strategyPepper interacts with people via a tablet on its chest. (Photo by Shun Kato)YUSUKE YAGI and MOMOKO IMAMURAOctober 6, 2025 02:41 JSTTOKYO -- SoftBank Group's decade-old Pepper robots have served as a mascot for the technology company, but the Japanese business has adopted more ambitious plans and structural changes on the belief that artificial intelligence will propel robotics to new breakthroughs....