Japan ’s biggest convenience store chain has started trials of robot workers in an effort to address a serious worker ...

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

The International Tokyo Toy Show has opened with a spotlight on AI-powered gadgets and products aimed as much at adults as at ...

Humanoid robots are currently dominating discussions in the robot market, with manufacturers from the US and China at the forefront of this competition. Surprisingly, traditional Japanese robotics ...

Japan’s population is the oldest in the world, with a third aged over 65, and one in 10 aged over 80, due to a combination of low fertility rates and high life expectancy. This has a direct effect on ...

Alibaba ($BABA), through its cloud arm Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, has led a new $100 million funding round for Chinese humanoid robot startup X ...

From September 10–12, 2025, the International Logistics Exhibition (LTT) will be held at Tokyo Big Sight. At the event, DAMON ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - In August, a robot vaguely resembling a kangaroo will begin stacking sandwiches, drinks and ready meals on shelves at a Japanese convenience store in a test its maker, Telexistence, ...

AI-powered robots are popping up across Silicon Valley. If some industry experts are right, they could help solve a global labor shortage. For now, they're being deployed in warehouses. But proponents ...