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 ...

Kisui Tech has developed a robot, called Adam, to help Japan's aging farmers. It can to carry produce across difficult terrain, cut grass, and spray fields with pesticides.

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.

Hiroshi Ishiguro's 28-centimetre-tall button-eyed Sota, which stands for "social talker," is programmed to mainly talk with a fellow robot, and won't be trying too hard to understand human speech ...

Major Japanese retailer Aeon Co. said Tuesday it has introduced a 1.4-metre (four-foot-seven) yellow-and-white robot at a store in the southern city of Fukuoka in charge of entertaining the children.

At one point, Tagawa told a robot, “Thanks for your hard work. I’ll be counting on you.” Topics autonomous robots, In Brief, Japan, Robotics, TC October 27-29, 2025 San Francisco ...