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CloudMinds Technology Inc., which raised $153 million in April, said its XR-1 Service Robot will do actual work. The company‘s cloud-connected robot is intended for the retail, education, healthcare, and hospitality markets. Whether it can survive the U.S.-China trade conflict or SoftBank’s retreat with Pepper remains to be seen.

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