It is possible, however, that a Japanese audience's reaction to a robot comedian will be a lot more favourable than a western one: the cultural difference in how we perceive robots has been well ...

Researchers in Japan have built the worst ever arcade game feature: A robot that can use a human opponent's moves against them to win. The robot can anticipate game play by assessing its human ...

Beyond Erica and Sophia, the Japanese will see an Aibo dog robot from Sony coming to stores later this year with a hefty sales price near $2,000 and a monthly $30 service fee.

Yesterday, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT)—Japan’s biggest carrier—announced that it’s launching a service that lets a small, talking robot interact with other smart objects in your home.

A remotely-controlled robot sent to inspect and clean a damaged reactor at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant had to be pulled early when its onboard camera went dark, the result of excess radiation.

West Japan Railways (West JR), one of six companies that make up Japan Railways Group, has unveiled a giant “humanoid robot” to work on heavy machinery on its lines. The as yet unnamed tool is ...

That’s good news for Japan, potentially. “The ChatGPT moment for robotics is coming,” Nvidia’s chief executive declared while keynoting the monster CES tech fair on Jan. 6 in Las Vegas.

Kuratas weren't the only giant mech robots making waves at the time. In 2015, Kurata's rising media coverage caught the attention of U.S.-based start-up Megabots, who called for a duel in what ...

Engineers in Japan have created a 3.5-ton robot suit that resembles a character from a hugely popular animation series, which they hope to use for space exploration and in emergency situations ...

LONDON AND TOKYO -- Scientists in Japan have made a robot face covered in living, self-healing skin that can smile in a demonstration of a new technique researchers believe could help pave the way ...

TOKYO >> A small robot with a clip-like hand and enough smarts to know which drinks are popular is part of an effort to make convenience stores even more convenient.