Some have cat-like faces and even purr when you scratch their heads. But are robot waiters the future? It’s a question the restaurant industry is increasingly trying to answer. Many think robot ...

Research firm Fuji Keizai projects the country’s service robot market to nearly triple by 2030, to ¥400 billion ($2.7 billion). Potentially driving that growth: The Recruit Works Institute ...

From robot waiter to bullet train table delivery, a new Triad restaurant is using technology to serve customers ...

Research firm Fuji Keizai projects the country’s service robot market to nearly triple by 2030, to ¥400 billion ($2.7 billion). Potentially driving that growth: The Recruit Works Institute projects ...

TOKYO: It resembles a malevolent robot from 1980s sci-fi but West Japan Railway's new humanoid employee was designed with nothing more sinister than a spot of painting and gardening in mind.

This is Paro, one of the world’s most successful therapeutic robots--popular to the extent that some refer to it as “Japan’s pride.” “I came up with the idea for a pet robot because I ...

A team of researchers in Japan says it has developed a robot hand that moves using cultivated human muscle tissues and is the largest of its kind yet developed, with the hope of applying the ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Tokyo-based start-up Tsubame Industries has developed a 4.5-metre-tall (14.8-feet), four-wheeled robot that looks like "Mobile Suit Gundam" from the wildly popular ...

They also checked other functions, including the camera. Engineers in Japan put their robot to the test here on Earth. JAXA researcher Kawai Yuta says he can't wait to see their little round robot ...