Pepper lives in Westminster. She has movable arms and fingers, but no feet, stands about 3 feet tall, and can pivot in any direction but cannot move around.
The social humanoid robot’s eyes light up to show when she is responsive to dialogue, a screen on her body can be programed to display images to match the content of a conversation. An array of 40 preset gestures — ranging from air guitar to referee signaling — make Pepper come to life.
Pepper, who lives at the Carroll County Public Library system’s Westminster branch at 50 E. Main St., is capable of customizable interactions and gestures through coding, using Choregraphe, a coding language similar to Python.
She’s just one example of the many technologically advanced opportunities that exist in Carroll County for anyone interested in furthering their knowledge of science, technology, engineering, and math, also known as…
