A rideable robot that mimics a horse? What seemed like a pipe dream destined for a 2050 debut, is now expected to arrive in ...

Discover how a cutting-edge, 12-meter humanoid robot is revolutionizing railway maintenance in Japan. Designed by Nesco, this ...

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. is backing construction-tech startup Akari Inc., the latest in a sector-wide quest for knowhow to fully automate factories and train robots to react to different situations.

As I stick Mirumi onto my backpack, I think to myself, Nothing has changed in a decade. This is the latest consumer bot, the inheritor of a long history of Japanese robots whose purpose is to improve ...

According to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), Japan’s auto industry installed 13,000 industrial robots in 2024, up 11% on 2023. The Japanese automotive industry installed a total of ...

In Tokyo, a humanoid robot is being tested as a potential caregiver for Japan's aging population. Dubbed AIREC (AI-driven Robot for Embrace and Care), the system recently demonstrated its ability to ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Neurosurgeon Tetsuya Goto had just begun testing a robot to perform brain surgery when he discovered Japan was moving to tighten regulations that would shut down his seven-year ...

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 ...

The tiny robot captures the spirit of one of the country's most famous cartoons. Sept. 5, 2013— -- "Good morning to everyone on Earth." These are among the first words said by Kirobo today, the ...