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

SASEBO, Japan – From the receptionist that does the check-in and check-out to the porter that’s an automated trolley taking luggage up to the room, this hotel in southwestern Japan, aptly called Weird ...

Compact robots that can rest on human shoulders are guiding tourists around Tokyo, but their creator is touting a more ...

I spent 4 nights at Yotel Tokyo Ginza, a hybrid robot hotel in Tokyo. The robot room service and check-in was novel, but it ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Japan faces a labor shortage impact in 2024 as new overtime regulations for truck drivers come into force. This is being called the ‘2024 problem’ - its potential disruptions ...

TOKYO -- At a university lab in a Tokyo suburb, engineering students are wiring a rubbery robot face to simulate six basic expressions: anger, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise and disgust. Hooked up ...

If you finish a bowl of pasta at Tokyo's newly opened E Vino Spaghetti restaurant and want to say thank you to the chef, don't bother: all eight of its noodle dishes are being prepared by an automated ...

TOKYO (AP) - Japan has launched the world's first talking humanoid robot "astronaut" toward the International Space Station. Kirobo - derived from the Japanese words for "hope" and "robot" - was among ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - 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 shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a manoeuvre used ...

Say goodbye to the stock boy. A robotics company is installing restocking robots in 300 grocery stores in Japan – and the plan is to bring the robots to the US, according to Telexistence, the ...