TOKYO–Four of Japan’s leading robot startups joined forces Wednesday, brought together by a common concern that neighboring South Korea could pull ahead in the race to transform robots from ...

This video explores Japan's use of robots to address labor shortages. This is a special journey to explore different robot encounters in Tokyo. Our aim is to experience a world with robots in ...

London: A team of Japanese scientists has developed the worlds first robot teacher, which can take attendance and even get angry, apart from teaching students. Previously employed as a secretary ...

Japan’s construction sector is booming but contractors are struggling to fill labour shortages—a problem playing out in other parts of the world, including the U.S. The robots demonstrated at ...

Meet Saya, a robot "teacher" in Japan. She can express the six emotions most commonly displayed by human teachers: surprise, fear, disgust, anger, happiness, and sadness. She can call out the students ...

In Japan, best known for robots such as Sony Corp.’s robotic Aibu dog and Honda Motor Co.’s chummy Asimo, development tends to foster domestic uses.