Japan's service robot industry is set to triple in size by 2030. The country has become a hotbed for service robotics—from ...

The era of robotic systems that are both autonomous and humanoid is characterized by self-maintenance capabilities, natural ...

Japan is now testing a humanoid robot, called AIREC (AI-driven Robot for Embrace and Care), to assist in elderly care. The ...

It's midnight, and the humanoid robot, its two eyes glittering in the ... Start-up firms in the Kansai region in western Japan and the Tokyo metropolitan area have developed robots that follow ...

Japan is the world's most advanced aging society with a falling birth rate, dwindling working-age population and restrictive ...

Humanoid robots that walk around on two legs have been attracting attention and money, but they are still a long way off from ...

Since their inception, humanoid robots have advanced significantly, becoming more intelligent, functional, and human-like.

The cat robots come from Skylark Holdings Co., the country’s largest table-service restaurant chain, which has deployed around 3,000 such robots to help servers manage the relentless pace of a busy ...

A number of companies – including Japan’s Honda, Hyundai Motor’s Boston Dynamics, and Agility Robotics – have been betting on ...

Two humanoid robots walk forward at the exhibition hall of Unitree Robotics in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang ...

Peggy Johnson, CEO of the U.S.-based humanoid robot unicorn, told Nikkei Asia that access to massive real-time data analysis is needed to train robots and make sure they can work safely in unconfined ...

Diplomatic Courier staff writer Stephanie Gull brings you three under–the–radar stories from Asia: robots in the Beijing ...