Researchers at Kyoto University have developed Buddharoid. This is an AI-powered humanoid robot designed to act like a Buddhist priest, amid Japan’s priest shortage.

We look at the efforts of Israeli-American robotics expert Tamir Blum, who develops AI robots that will help Japanese ...

Japan’s biggest convenience store chain has started trials of robot workers in an effort to address a serious worker shortage in the country. A 7-Eleven shop in Tokyo will be the first to test the ...

Integral AI, founded by former Google researchers, is targeting Japan’s robotics sector with AI models designed to help industrial robots learn faster.

The future of the world economy will be shaped either by the rapid deployment of robots or by disappointment that robotics fails to improve nearly as rapidly as boosters suggest. Either way, the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's first robot bartender has begun serving up drinks in a Tokyo pub in a test that could usher in a wave of automation in restaurants and shops struggling to hire staff in an ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced that he wants to triple the size of the Japanese robotics industry. Is this how you prepare for an uncertain future? Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...