For years now the convenience store industry in Japan has been facing a labor crisis. Rapid expansion and demanding conditions have made it hard to find sufficient staff and help wanted posters have ...

TOKYO -- Fanuc has developed a robot arm system that can remotely copy the movements of skilled workers with the help of force feedback, allowing it to safely handle work that is challenging to ...

People who are unable to travel to the World Expo in Osaka next year may still be able to experience the global event — through the eyes of remote-controlled, human-sized robots. The World Expo 2025 ...

Japanese konbini: Eternal beacons of hope. Source of wacky culinary delights. Home of the ever-lingering fax machine and, now, humanoid robot staff. This summer, convenience store chain FamilyMart ...

On September 6, 2025, at Hall N8 of the Chongqing International Expo Center, with the sound of a whistle, 26 competitors from around the world and their humanoid robots engaged in an unprecedented ...

There is some speculation about the Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Optimus humanoid robots that were circulating in the crowd at the electric vehicle maker's robotaxi event on Thursday evening. While the Optimus ...

During Tesla’s “We, Robot” event last week, which TechCrunch covered late into the night, sources on the ground sent me a handful of videos of the automaker’s Optimus humanoid robots walking around ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department used its remote-controlled robot for the first time Saturday morning to fight an industrial fire. At 6:45 a.m., KCFD responded to a fire ...