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 ...

TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Of the 750,000 industrial robots in use around the world, about half are developed in earthquake-prone Japan. The Japanese Government hopes scientists will create a machine ...

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 ...

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 ...

During a press event on January 23rd, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) demonstrated two new robots at the mock-up facility at Japan Atomic Energy Agency’s Naraha Center for Remote Control ...

And so, some Japanese companies are turning to robots for help. New jobs as Japan develops wind power Like Canada, Japan has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050, and so the government has ...

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.

This isn’t science fiction — it’s the changing face of Japan’s hospitality industry. The cat robots come from Skylark Holdings Co., the country’s largest table-service restaurant chain ...

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 ...