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 ...

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 ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - In August, a robot vaguely resembling a kangaroo will begin stacking sandwiches, drinks and ready meals on shelves at a Japanese convenience store in a test its maker, Telexistence, ...

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 ...

Officials in a Japanese city are banking on robots to boost the confidence of absent pupils. The self-propelling robots will connect to pupils at home, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported. The ...

Uber (NYSE:UBER) is partnering with Mitsubishi Electric and robotics firm Cartken to deliver food using autonomous robots in parts of Tokyo, Japan, starting by the end of next month. Cartken's Model C ...

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 ...

Developed by Tezuka Productions and Geometry Global, ‘Robot Town Sagami 2028’ is an animated short drama showing the positive impact robots can have on human lives. Tezuka Productions is the company ...

Scientists in Japan have made a robot face covered in living, self-healing skin that can smile in a demonstration of a new technique researchers believe could help pave the way for lifelike biohybrid ...