The Japanese automotive industry installed a total of about 13,000 industrial robots in 2024. This is an 11% increase compared to the previous year and the highest level recorded since 2020. These are ...

Beginning in the 1960’s, the rise of manufacturing for the automotive industry and the concomitant rise of industrial robots played an indispensable role in powering Japan’s economic miracle ...

Japan's service robot industry is set to triple in size by 2030. The country has become a hotbed for service robotics—from restaurants to nursing homes. Japan is struggling with a rapidly aging ...

In Japan’s first robotics era, the lion’s share of revenue went to industrial robots. In the year 2021, Japan is faced with drastically different conditions.

Seven-Eleven Japan, the country’s largest convenience store chain, already runs a few unmanned stores in Tokyo. It plans to operate more stores without staff this spring.

At several restaurants in the heart of Tokyo, robotic felines glide effortlessly between tables, balancing trays of steaming dishes. With a flick of the ears and a cheerful “Meow,” robots ...

Japan has been developing robots to care for older people for over two decades, with public and private investment accelerating markedly in the 2010s.

Engineers in Japan are trying to get robots to imitate that particularly human expression — the smile. They have created a face mask from human skin cells and attached it to robots with a novel ...

Meanwhile, the Japanese media tend to view robots as a source of pride, not terror, since they highlight the country’s ability to innovate; indeed, with 300-plus robots per 10,000 employees ...

AI-driven robots being developed for future aged care Japan's ageing population faces shortage of care workers Robot carers raise safety issues with elderly AI-driven robot nurses will initially ...

Openings Cute Robot Japanese Kitchen to bring yoshoku-style fare to Walker's Point The Japanese concept will focus on comforting homestyle dishes at the former site of The Noble.