Japan is running out of workers. With an unemployment rate of just 2.5 per cent, a rapidly ageing population and declining birth rate, finding enough people to fill roles as taxi drivers, baristas and ...

On Thursday, SoftBank Robotics opened the Pepper PARLOR, a cafe where three different types of robots work alongside human staff to serve and entertain customers. "[The] aim is to create a space where ...

A café partially staffed by robots recently opened in downtown Tokyo, giving guests the opportunity to live out a sci-fi fantasy. It also provides jobs to those with physical limitations or ...

At a Tokyo cafe, Michio Imai greets a customer, but not in person. He’s hundreds of kilometres away, operating a robot waiter. At a Tokyo cafe, Michio Imai greets a customer, but not in person. He’s ...

Tokyo: Japan, in its spirit of being futuristic in nature, has a unique café where robot waiters are operated remotely by people with severe physical disabilities. This novel venture, known as the ...

Every Sunday, Tokyo's Penguin Café opens an hour early to host an unusual group of visitors: robot dogs and their owners. The weekly event — named "Aibo World" after Sony's popular line of robot dogs ...

A new tour guided by avatar robot ‘OriHime’ in Nihonbashi area was launched. A pilot can guide a traveler through the ...

Robots are increasingly finding their way into the workforce in a variety of sectors Kentaro Yoshifuji of OryLab is one of a number of entrepreneurs experimenting in the avatar robot field Yohsifuji ...