The newest employee at a Tokyo 7-Eleven works through the night without a single break. It silently stocks drinks and other ...

Japan begins robot trials in 7-Eleven amid massive worker shortage - Autonomous machines will stack shelves and clean windows ...

Facing a severe labour shortage, Japan has turned to automation in convenience stores by launching a revolutionary trial of ...

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 ...

Seven-Eleven Japan Co. on Tuesday introduced worker robots to one of its convenience stores in Tokyo, with the trial part of ...

Japan's delivery robot market is still at its initial stage of development and the costs for producing the machines and their operation afterward are still high. Abstract The aging of Japanese society ...

Technological Innovation and Market Resonance, Accelerating the Commercialization Process of the Robotics Industry. The repo ...

The Kanematsu network in Japan will be the first international expansion of Intuition Robotics and ElliQ outside the U.S.

Japan is increasingly using robots for transportation and sales at office buildings, apartments, stadiums and other large-scale facilities. As the country needs to address labor shortages urgently, ...

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 ...

iRobot has sent four robots to aid Japan in its relief efforts. Equipped with sensors, arms and cameras, the bots will be able to go where it may not be safe for people. (Image courtesy of iRobot) ...