Tech companies showed off a dizzying array of gadgets and gizmos, aircraft and robots, wheelchairs, and mobility scooters at this year’s Japan Mobility Show. The convention, formerly known as the ...

Beginning in the 1960’s, the rise of manufacturing for the automotive industry and the concomitant rise of industrial robots played an indispensable role in powering Japan’s economic miracle. By the ...

That is one goal of the Japanese government's $37.7 million Humanoid Robotics Project (HRP), which aims to market within a few years robots that can operate power shovels, assist construction workers ...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo published findings on a method of attaching artificial skin to robot faces to protect machinery and mimic human expressiveness. By Emily Schmall Engineers in ...

At several restaurants in the heart of Tokyo, robotic felines glide effortlessly between tables, balancing trays of steaming ...

The newest employee at a Tokyo 7-Eleven works through the night without a single break. It silently stocks drinks and other products with mechanical precision, and cleans and mops the floor whenever ...

The country wanted robots to help care for the elderly. What happened? It’s a picture you may have seen before: a large white robot with a cute teddy bear face cradling a smiling woman in its arms.

A nationwide survey in Japan shows divides in acceptance of home-care robots. Surprisingly, openness and trust, rather than age, determine whether people are willing to let robots into their homes and ...