In Japan, robots are more than mere gadgetry--they're practically family. Unlike the U.S., where the icons of a dawning era of robots tend to be either the faceless, Frisbee-shaped, floor-scrubbing ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Sushi-making robots, playmate robots, robotic wombs, sex robots and babysitting robots — all are ...

In Japan, robots are starting to run, jump and even trip the light fantastic-sometimes literally. At a recent expo in Tokyo, for example, four Sony Corp. Qrio robots were going through a dancing ...

Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots. She is the author of the books Live or Die: Survival Hacks, Wizarding World: Movie Magic Amazing Artifacts, The Star ...

TOKYO (AP) - Japan has launched the world's first talking humanoid robot "astronaut" toward the International Space Station. Kirobo - derived from the Japanese words for "hope" and "robot" - was among ...

If Japanese engineers had their way, we might soon be cheering on a robotic World Series. Every year or two, Japanese researchers roll out a new robotic invention — the latest to grab headlines ...

FRANKFURT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Industrial Robot installation in Japan rose by +9% and reached 50,413 units in 2022. This result is exceeding the pre-pandemic level of 49,908 units in 2019. Japan ...

President Obama met some Japanese robots and didn’t like it. “I have to say that the robots were a little scary, they were too lifelike. They were amazing,” Obama said at a technology display while ...

(USA TODAY) -- President Obama was impressed by a robot demonstration Thursday in Japan... impressed and maybe a little intimidated. "We saw some truly amazing robots, although I have to say the ...