The newest employee at a Tokyo 7-Eleven works through the night without a single break. It silently stocks drinks and other ...

At the time of its launch in 2015, Erica was dubbed not only the most beautiful but also the most intelligent android. Several other female-like robots have made headlines since then, but the Japanese ...

On Tuesday, two androids were introduced in Japan by Osaka University professor Hiroshi Ishiguro, and will be on display at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo starting ...

KYOTO, Japan — The robot appeared in the hotel hallway as if out of nowhere, R2D2-sized, silently rolling, on a mission of undetermined nature from its robot overlords. A group of us Yankee travelers ...

Dive into the intriguing world of Japan's cutting-edge technology, where robots play a crucial role in maintaining the ...

Beginning in the 1960’s, the rise of manufacturing for the automotive industry and the concomitant rise of industrial robots played an indispensable role in powering Japan’s economic miracle. By the ...

In Japan, robots are starting to run, jump and even trip the light fantastic-sometimes literally. At a recent expo in Tokyo, for example, four Sony Corp. Qrio robots were going through a dancing ...

This got to be a pretty familiar trope with the iPhone in Japan: It’s just not advanced enough, since it’s missing things like bill payments, RFID, mobile TV and other crazy stuff. Analysts are saying ...

In Japan, robots are more than mere gadgetry--they're practically family. Unlike the U.S., where the icons of a dawning era of robots tend to be either the faceless, Frisbee-shaped, floor-scrubbing ...

TOKYO, April 6 – Robots in Japan are found on factory floors carrying out simple tasks or delivering food to restaurant patrons but researchers have now unveiled a robot capable of executing the ...