It looks like a washing machine on wheels, but the bulky contraption vacuuming the hallways of a Tokyo high-rise is a robot. Japanese researchers hope that robots like this one will be the answer to a ...

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 ...

A pair of swiveling, human-like robotic arms, built for physical artificial intelligence research, mirror the motions of an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Research in Japan shows that openness and trust are key to accepting home-care robots, impacting willingness to share ...

Japan affords a preview of what the future of the United States, Australia, and Western Europe will become unless meaningful steps are taken to ensure that a nation’s relevance is measured by how it ...

At several restaurants in the heart of Tokyo, robotic felines glide effortlessly between tables, balancing trays of steaming dishes. With a flick of the ears and a cheerful “Meow,” robots announce ...

STORY: Japan's Shichi-Go-San - Japanese for "Seven-Five-Three" - ceremony is usually a way for parents to celebrate their children growing up and wish them health and good fortune in the future. It ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan — At the Robodex show here this week Japanese companies unwrapped platforms and supporting technology designed to make robots a mainstream consumer electronics market. Their goal is to ...

Japan's delivery robot market is still at its initial stage of development and the costs for producing the machines and their operation afterward are still high. Abstract The aging of Japanese society ...