Aimed at boosting productivity despite labor shortages, a new group will train advisers to help companies introduce and use ...

Compact robots that can rest on human shoulders are guiding tourists around Tokyo, but their creator is touting a more ...

OSAKA -- Sharp plans to explore opportunities in cutting-edge technology such as artificial intelligence even as it maintains ...

Japan has long held a fascination with robots and their application in daily life. The country remains at the forefront of the robotics industry, in no small part due to the billions of yen’s worth in ...

Chicago, July 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Japan autonomous mobile robots market was valued at US$ 225.76 million in 2024 and is expected to reach US$ 1,079.34 million by 2033, growing at a CAGR ...

Billionaire Masayoshi Son wants to create Android for robots. A unit of Son's SoftBank Corp. has unveiled an operating system that purports to offer a way to control robots just as Google Inc.'s ...

Tokyo (Jiji Press) — Amid a serious truck driver shortage, convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan Co. began a trial delivery service using robots on public roads in Tokyo’s western suburb on ...

I don't think the Taliban have anything to worry about at this time. Lots of high-tec spare parts up for grabs were they to be deployed, and you can hear them so far away! That said, it would be ...

In ERATO ISHIGURO symbiotic human-robot interaction project, a multimodal conversation control system and a multi-robot conversation control system were developed to promote a robot with a higher ...