Despite strong market potential, humanoid companion robots still face several challenges. Key hurdles include battery life, ...

Japan is stepping up efforts to compete in the humanoid robotics race, focusing on software and data. At the Humanoid Robot Expo in Tokyo, Japan’s first humanoid-focused event, a human-sized machine ...

Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a ...

Japan just committed $6.1B to deploy 10 million AI robots in healthcare, food, and factories by 2040. Here's who's building Noetra and what it means in 2026.

Humanoid robots traded kicks and punches during Japan's first full-contact robot fighting tournament. Footage shows two ...

"In the future, the relationship between humans and robots will deepen, and the distinction between them will probably disappear." This prediction, from one of the attendees at the recent Humanoids ...

The robot pauses at the edge of the room as an engineer checks its sensors. Then, with a soft mechanical hum, this humanoid machine begins to move. It lifts a mannequin from a bed, slowly and ...

Japan Airlines is testing humanoid robots to assist with baggage handling and ground operations, signaling a shift in aviation automation. While not fully replacing workers, the move reflects Japan’s ...

Humanoid robots are getting a new gig as baggage handlers and cargo loaders at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport—part of a Japan Airlines experiment to address a human labor shortage as airport visitor numbers ...

TOKYO — Japan Airlines (JAL) will start using humanoid robots in ground handling tasks at Tokyo's Haneda airport beginning May in a two-year trial, with a view to deploying them permanently as a ...