TOKYO -- Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart will introduce remote-controlled robots to stock shelves in its stores, Nikkei has learned.

TOKYO -- Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart will introduce remote-controlled robots to stock shelves in its stores, Nikkei has learned. The company will partner with Tokyo-based robot ...

Remote work is expanding into many other areas besides office work. Robots and remote-control technology make a greater range of tasks possible, from stocking convenience stores, to operating heavy ...

Sony AI Inc and avatarin Inc, an ANA Group company, have reached a basic agreement to work together to develop next-generation remote control robots by combining the AI and robotics technology of Sony ...

Two years ago, Tesla's Optimus prototype was an underwhelming mess of exposed wires that could only operate in a carefully controlled stage presentation. Last night, Tesla's "We, Robot" event featured ...

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 ...

KUMAMOTO -- The education board of this southwest Japan city will launch an effort to tackle school absenteeism using in-class robot avatars that allow students to engage remotely in classes and ...

Nashik: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), in order to ensure narrow lanes do not prove to be a hindrance while dealing with fire incidents, has decided to procure remote-controlled fire fighting ...