When I was a kid, I loved the movie Short Circuit. (I know: I’m both dating myself and making you question my taste in movies). I always wondered if the day would come when I would have my own walking ...

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WSJ's Joanna Stern and Geoffrey A. Fowler meet Pepper, a robot that understands and expresses humanlike emotion. TOKYO—Japan’s humanoid robots are struggling to find homes.