Removing the tiny eyes that pockmark potatoes is dull, repetitive and time-consuming work – perfect, it would seem, for robots in a country where the population is declining and workers are ...

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 ...

We may soon have to add robots to the list of disenfranchised groups who need to fight to have their right to marry recognised after two robots in Japan ‘decided’ to get married in front of a rather ...

Color me confused. After years of being told not to associate the word “robots” with "Terminator"-type androids, recent news is chock-full of reports of humanoid robots running half marathons or ...

Users of the TELESAR V don special equipment that allows them not only to direct the actions of a remote machine, but also to see, hear and feel the same things as their doppelganger android. “When I ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a manoeuvre used ...

OriHime, a 120-centimeter-tall robot, greets and directs patients at Musashino Hospital in the western Tokyo city of Kodaira, but its underlying main purpose is to help people far from the medical ...

Chicago, July 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Japan autonomous mobile robots market was valued at US$ 225.76 million in 2024 and is expected to reach US$ 1,079.34 million by 2033, growing at a CAGR ...

Japan’s elderly are being told to get used to being looked after by robots. With Japan’s ageing society facing a predicted shortfall of 370,000 caregivers by 2025, the government wants to increase ...

Japan’s population is the oldest in the world, with a third aged over 65, and one in 10 aged over 80, due to a combination of low fertility rates and high life expectancy. This has a direct effect on ...

At several restaurants in the heart of Tokyo, robotic felines glide effortlessly between tables, balancing trays of steaming dishes. With a flick of the ears and a cheerful “Meow,” robots announce ...

A robot made in China is displayed at the World Robot Conference 2015, which opened in Beijing on Nov 21, 2015. The conference has attracted more than 100 experts. [Photo/China Daily] I was blown away ...