Japan is running out of workers. With an unemployment rate of just 2.5 per cent, a rapidly ageing population and declining birth rate, finding enough people to fill roles as taxi drivers, baristas and ...

At first glance, it’s just another Japanese robot experiment. But this café is different. The robots are controlled in ...

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 has a way to go.

Upon arrival at Japan’s Henn na Hotel, you are greeted by a pair of receptionists nodding from behind the front desk as you check in at a tablet. A quiet grace emanates from their serene smiles, ...

While the thought of a robot delivering food and drink at a restaurant may hearken images straight out of a Star Wars cantina, the droid helping wait tables at one Frederick eatery is less R2-D2 than ...

Robots at the cafe are piloted by people working from all over Japan – and the world (Adam Withnall/The Independent) ...

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — While the thought of a robot delivering food and drink at a restaurant may hearken images straight out of a Star Wars cantina, the droid helping wait tables at one Frederick ...