AN AI-powered android nurse shows its bot-side manner as it gets hands-on with a patient. The test demonstrated how medical robots could be used to help the elderly with basic functions such as ...

Robots are by and large given an easy ride in Japan. Most people like them, an esteemed Tokyo University robotics professor once told me, and the rest don’t actively dislike them. And as Japan’s ...

Robots designed to utilize artificial intelligence are capturing attention at a trade show showcasing state-of-the-art robot ...

Japanese telco SoftBank has partnered with Yaskawa to develop robots capable of handling multiple tasks simultaneously. As ...

Robot with 3D-printed face of deceased loved one a new way to mourn in Japan The Digital Shaman Project in Japan allows bereaved families to mourn with the help of a Humanoid wearing a 3D-printed mask ...

An adorable humanoid robot called "Pepper" has been taking Japan by storm. It was created by the robotics division of Japanese phone giant SoftBank who bills it as "the world's first personal robot ...

From the receptionist that does the check-in and check-out to the porter that's an automated trolley taking luggage up to the room, this hotel in southwestern Japan, aptly called Weird Hotel, is ...