Jacky’s Business Solutions announced appointment as the first value added reseller for SoftBank Robotics Europe in UAE for its Pepper robot. This new addition to Jacky’s Business Solutions repertoire of Visitor Management Solutions will enhance its range of customer service solutions already marketed to enterprises in the government, banking, telecom and healthcare sectors.
According to Ashish Panjabi, COO at Jacky’s Business Solutions:
- The real value of Pepper is in the applications we can use him for. Pepper is platform agnostic. Since it is used as a customer interface more often, it is important that it can be used by anyone. Pepper has the capability to speak English, Japanese and most of the common European languages.
- But once again, these languages need to be optimised. Locally, Pepper has also been given the capability to speak Arabic but we are looking to work with coders and local developers to create more language interface especially for the UAE where there is a melting pot of languages and nationalities.
- In the UAE, we are looking and have been approached to work and customise Pepper for use in government, banking, telecom, healthcare, hospitality and retail sectors. Since the interaction is playful and non-threatening, it can be used for a variety of customer interface opportunities as well as for internal communications and interface in large enterprises and government sectors.
- Jacky’s is the authorised reseller for Pepper in UAE and will develop and support the sales and service of Pepper in the region.
Pepper is the first humanoid robot created to interact with humans. He is well equipped with features and a high-level interface for proactively communicating with those around him, using the latest advances in voice and face recognition. His wide range of capabilities combined with B2B robotics applications makes him a very innovative business solution to enhance customer’s experience. Globally, Pepper is currently used in a wide range of industries such as retail, tourism, banking, healthcare, hospitality, enterprise, government and education.
To support the relationship, Jacky’s will invest in expanding its team of software and support engineers to include programmers who can code Pepper to suit the diverse applications across industries and departments. The company will also be stocking some of the common parts for Pepper that may need to be replaced. In addition, Jacky’s will be looking to expand their network of reseller partners to include those with existing software and hardware resources.
“We have always tried to be ahead of the game and adding robotics to our range of visitor management solutions portfolio was a natural progression, given the fact that we live in one of the most innovative regions where the demand for smart solutions and AI is growing day by day,” added Panjabi.
“We have been offering visitor management solutions for close to two decades including queueing systems, happiness meters, digital signage and queue tracking analytic software, so having Pepper on our portfolio will help us meet the evolving needs of the various customer-facing companies.”
“SoftBank Robotics Europe is pleased to collaborate with Jacky’s to make our Pepper robot available for companies in the UAE looking to provide new services to their clients”, declared Nicolas Boudot, Vice President EMEA Business and Marketing at SoftBank Robotics Europe.
“Pepper has proven to be the best interface to assist in welcoming, informing, recommending, managing appointments and queuing or even getting feedbacks from customers in hundreds of public places in Europe. We have chosen Jacky’s as a key partner to offer complementary digitalisation solutions in this strategic region for SoftBank Robotics business development”.
Jacky’s Business Solutions, a division of Jacky’s Group, is an end-to-end solutions provider for major corporations seeking efficient and effective visitor management, banking and printing solutions. Jacky’s Business Solutions partners with major global brands to provide companies in the GCC and the wider Middle East region the required visitor management solutions, banking products, large format printers, industrial digital presses, 3D Scanners and Printers, enterprise computing solutions, CCTV and PA Systems.
SoftBank Robotics is driving technology forward by becoming a worldwide leader in robotics. SoftBank Robotics regroups more than 500 employees working in Paris, Tokyo, San Francisco, Boston and Shanghai. Robots under the SoftBank Robotics brand, Pepper and NAO, are used in more than 70 countries worldwide and offer applications relevant for the fields of research, education, retail, healthcare, tourism, hospitality, enterprise, finance and government.