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

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

Japanese engineers have unveiled a robot that transforms into a car and can actually carry people. The 12.1-foot J-deite RIDE can transform into a sports car in approximately one minute. Developers ...

Picture a robot. What comes to mind? Perhaps a droid from Star Wars or The Jetsons: a machine that can move, speak and perform tasks all by itself. Or maybe your imagination jumps to humanoid robots à ...

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

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 ...

KYOTO, Japan — The robot appeared in the hotel hallway as if out of nowhere, R2D2-sized, silently rolling, on a mission of undetermined nature from its robot overlords. A group of us Yankee travelers ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Techman Robot is showcasing its robotics technologies at the International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo, ...

Japanese are more accepting of robots because the native Shinto religion often blurs boundaries between the animate and inanimate, experts say. To the Japanese psyche, the idea of a humanoid robot ...

Softbank and Yaskawa Electric are collaborating on the social implementation of a new type of AI by exploiting AI-RANThey ...

Kyoto-based Tmsuk Corporation (Tmsuk) has announced the development of a new legged pipe inspection robot called "SPD-X." The new robot can fit through pipes bigger than 7.87 inches (20 cm) in ...

A new ad campaign in Japan enthralled the fans of the pop idol group AKB 48. It revealed a new member of the band named Aimi Eguchi. The fact that AKB 48 had a new member wasn't so surprising--the all ...