AFP reports that the newly deployed robot, mounted on a truck that can drive on rails, is operated remotely by a human sitting in a cockpit on the truck. The operator "sees" through the robot's eyes ...

Even with our reassurances about safety, people readily imagined hazards: humanoids could trip, stumble, or tip over; they might glitch, run out of battery, or malfunction. The idea of a robot ...

Hundreds of humanoids from 16 countries stumbled over each other while competing in the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing ...

F or decades, humanoid robots lived in science fiction and in high-tech labs. That’s changing. Engineers and companies across ...

Scientists in Japan have made a robot face covered in living, self-healing skin that can smile in a demonstration of a new technique researchers believe could help pave the way for lifelike biohybrid ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Dressed in a kimono and smiling, Aiko Chihira greets shoppers at the entrance of Tokyo's Mitsukoshi department store. But Chihira is no regular employee -- she is a humanoid robot.