Japan has long been a leader in robotics technology, particularly in the industrial sphere. Today, though, there is a growing focus on the “human side” of robots, such as their relationship ...

Start-up firms in the Kansai region in western Japan and the Tokyo metropolitan area have developed robots that follow actions performed by human operators in real time, bringing droids far closer ...

Car manufacturer Honda has been developing walking assist devices since 1999, drawing on studies of the human ... said Japan's affinity for technology and the familiarity of robots in popular ...

The Henn'na Hotel in Japan has found a way to make ... the staff there is warm and friendly. The robots come in many shapes and sizes. Some look like humans. Meanwhile, others take the form ...

Japan now has two hotels run almost entirely by robots. The Hen'na Hotels are owned by low-cost travel agency H.I.S. Co. The hotels are in Nagasaki and Tokyo, Japan. There are robots to help you ...

When you consider all of the ways that humanoid robots are better than actual humans — they’re stronger ... but researchers from Japan have found a way around that, and they took inspiration ...

Japan's first surgical ... We examine how the robot is used in surgeries and interview the developers about why the device was necessary. We also look at how the robot is being used to operate ...

Japan Post began testing a self-driving mail delivery robot on the streets of Tokyo last September. The prototype can carry packages weighing up to 30 kilograms, and travel at a speed of 6 ...