The draft notes that Japanese firms dominate 70pc of the global market for industrial robots in fields such as auto production, possessing an abundance of data for operating machinery. Citing Japan’s ...

The newest employee at a Tokyo 7-Eleven works through the night without a single break. It silently stocks drinks and other products with mechanical precision, and cleans and mops the floor whenever ...

Grasping and transporting objects is one of the most critical tasks for robots in a variety of fields. This task requires ...

If you’re like most people, falling asleep surrounded by creepy robots isn’t your idea of perfect hospitality. If not, then this new Japanese hotel staffed almost completely with robots might be for ...

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--China's adoption of robots continues at a rapid pace: The country has surpassed Germany and Japan in the ratio of robots to factory workers, taking third ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Tokyo, a humanoid robot is being tested as a potential caregiver for Japan's aging population. Dubbed AIREC (AI-driven Robot ...

Yukiko Namekata, a resident at an elder care facility in Tokyo run by Zenkoukai, and her caregiver follow the movement of a miniature humanoid robot called PALRO. At top, AIREC, an artificial ...

AI Monk Japan has gone viral after a robot began delivering Buddhist sermons in Kyoto. While some see innovation, others ...