If you can't have a real pet, perhaps a robot that looks like an inflated cat will suffice. Panasonic isn't a company that walks away from unusual ideas, we have the Wear Space to prove it. But its ...

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Panasonic Corporation of North America announced it has developed a “companion” robot with human-like movements and communication skills. The robot, developed as a proof of ...

Japan is famous and notorious for products and trends that just blow the mind, in good or bad ways or both. Sometimes, those ideas do strike a chord in people from both halves of the world, making ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Panasonic Corp <6752.T> said it plans to launch a drug-dispensing robot by March 2010 in its first foray into the robot business. The company is targeting robot production as ...

Panasonic is getting serious about robots and has set its sights on sales of $1.1 billion by 2015. Since Panasonic launched its robotics unit last year, the biggest headlines to emerge have been that ...

OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Panasonic Corporation today announced the development of an innovative communication assistance robot named "HOSPI-Rimo" and new models of its Hair-Washing Robot and ...

Panasonic has developed a hair-washing robot that uses 16 electronically controlled fingers to give a perfect wash and rinse, the company said Friday. The robot, images of which were distributed by ...

Panasonic has developed a hair-washing robot that uses 16 electronically controlled fingers to give a perfect wash and rinse, the company said Friday. The robot, images of which were distributed by ...

The 24 hours of Le Mans, the world’s oldest endurance race for cars, is enough to push almost any car to its limit but next week a small, battery-powered tricycling robot will face down the historic ...

Athletes may be the focus of the Olympics, but in recent years the competition has also become an important technology showcase for tech savvy host countries. Nowhere will that be more true than in ...

Ever since it was awarded the 2020 Tokyo Olympics six years ago, Japan has made it clear that it intends to use the global spectacle to show off a wide range of its advanced technologies. Japan’s ...

Panasonic Japan is producing a limited number of companion robots called Nicobo. And yes, they fart. What's False Although the robot has a tail, it's a bit of a stretch to refer to it as a cat. What's ...