TOKYO -- Orders for industrial robots from Japanese manufacturers hit a record 955.8 billion yen ($7.35 billion) in 2022, up 1.6% from the previous year, the Japan Robot Association said Thursday, ...

Telexistence and FamilyMart are rolling out a fleet of artificial intelligence-driven robots to restock shelves in 300 convenience stores across Japan. The robot arms are designed to replenish drinks ...

Robots in Japan are found on factory floors carrying out simple tasks or delivering food to restaurant patrons but researchers have now unveiled a robot capable of executing the delicate task of ...

West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) will introduce a humanoid robot to handle maintenance work, such as painting emplacements along railroad tracks and cutting down fallen trees, from this month. For ...

The automated delivery robot is seen in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture. (Mainichi) TSUKUBA, Ibaraki -- A robot began to deliver items from a supermarket to customers' homes in this eastern Japan city for ...

A robot that plays table tennis put Olympian Miwa Harimoto through her paces at a demonstration event organized by the semiconductor industry in Tokyo. Developed by Omron Corp., the ninth-generation ...

TOKYO -- Fanuc has developed a robot arm system that can remotely copy the movements of skilled workers with the help of force feedback, allowing it to safely handle work that is challenging to ...

I always wondered whether those robot vacuum cleaners actually work or just amuse people's pets when they are at work. quote: general-purpose home robots are still a long way off. Sort of. To function ...

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) revised Priority Fields in the Use of Robot Technology for Long-term Care and changed the title ...

Japan-based Mitsubishi has announced the accomplishments of its autonomous robot, which is used to carry out underwater inspections in a nuclear reactor vessel. The A-UT – autonomous underwater ...