A catering robot distributes noodles during the 2025 International Robot Exhibition (iREX) in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 5, 2025. The ...

At several restaurants in the heart of Tokyo, robotic felines glide effortlessly between tables, balancing trays of steaming ...

As Japan faces a caregiver shortage, a new survey shows that trust, not age, shapes willingness to adopt home-care robots and ...

In Japan, you can find advanced automated parking systems that fit as many cars as possible into very small spaces. They are ...

From demonstrating its rescue capabilities during disasters to busting a move and serving up drinks, the latest advances in ...

Fanuc and Nvidia are working together to build AI-powered industrial robots that can understand voice commands and operate ...

Yukiko Namekata, a resident at an elder care facility in Tokyo run by Zenkoukai, and her caregiver follow the movement of a miniature humanoid robot called PALRO. At top, AIREC, an artificial ...

KYOTO, Japan -- Japanese makers of electronic parts and semiconductor devices are joining an initiative to develop and ...

TOKYO — At a university lab in a Tokyo suburb, engineering students are wiring a rubbery robot face to simulate six basic expressions: anger, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise and disgust. Hooked up ...

SASEBO, Japan (AP) — The English-speaking receptionist is a vicious-looking dinosaur, and the one speaking Japanese is a female humanoid with blinking lashes. "If you want to check in, push one," the ...

The survey questioned 1,000 workers in each of five countries: U.S., China, Japan, U.K. and Germany. Across the board, ...