Japan has landed two hopping robots onto asteroid Ryugu as part of the Hayabusa2 mission. It's Japan's second mission to an asteroid, where it plans to return some samples of Ryugu to Earth by the ...

These features highlight China’s drive toward AGI (artificial general intelligence) for robotics, with systems that can ...

Kimiya Ishikawa, chief executive of Silver Wing Social Care Corporation which runs Shintomi, said Japan's affinity for technology and the familiarity of robots in popular culture, such as cartoons ...

Yusuke Abe, a developer at SoftBank robotics, explained what Pepper could do, and why it was proving popular in Japan. Yusuke Abe, a developer at SoftBank robotics, talks about the capabilities of ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Henn'na Hotel in Japan has found a way to make service more efficient: they employ robots. But not to worry, the staff there is warm and friendly. The robots ...

Japan's food industry faces the same dire demographic ... but one startup believes robots could save the day. Delibot, developed by Connected Robotics, can fill and package 250 food containers ...

The 150-kg (330 lb) artificial intelligence-driven humanoid robot called AIREC is a prototype future “caregiver” for Japan’s rapidly ageing population and chronic shortage of aged-care workers.

A researcher at Waseda University’s laboratory in Tokyo, Japan, plays an elderly patient to demonstrate how AIREC, an artificial intelligence-driven humanoid robot, can roll a person to their ...

A robot on tracks brings him water while rescuers in exoskeletons clear an escape route for an autonomous stretcher to take her to safety. This is the futuristic vision on display at the Japan ...