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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution: Researchers from India and the United Kingdom have developed a hand-washing robot named Pepe. The robot was created to encourage children to wash their hands. The project comes under the ‘social robot’ research project.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pepe is a custom-built wall-mounted social robot that encourages children to wash their hands at appropriate times and with the appropriate techniques.

Detailed explanation-3: -India-UK research collaboration creates robot named Pepe which encourages children to wash their hands.

Detailed explanation-4: -A collaboration between researchers from the UK and India has resulted in a new robot which encourages children to wash their hands. The robot, named Pepe, was recently used by pupils at a primary school in Kerala as a fresh approach to hygiene.

Detailed explanation-5: -India has been ahead in the robotics race, making it to the top 15 list of the highest number of recorded robots installations in 2020.