“In the future, the relationship between humans and robots will deepen, and the distinction between them will probably disappear.” This prediction, from one of the attendees at the recent Humanoids ...

The robot pauses at the edge of the room as an engineer checks its sensors. Then, with a soft mechanical hum, this humanoid machine begins to move. It lifts a mannequin from a bed, slowly and ...

Before humanoid robots fully integrate into our societies and inhabit our homes, factory floors, and workspaces, a Japanese ...

Japan recently updated its national robotics strategy with a goal to adopt 10 million robots by the year 2040, with many intended to provide medical care.

Humanoids Dance and Thread Needles as Japanese Robotics Developers Look to Outdo Chinese TOKYO (AP) — Mechanical hands dexterous enough to thread a needle, childlike dancing robots and adult-sized ...

Japan has produced humanoid service robots for more than a decade, and for most of that time, they have failed at roughly the same thing. They could hear what you said but not how you said it. The ...

Monster Wolf and Pochi are among the robots deployed to scare away bears and transport cherry blossoms in a northern region where many farmers are in their 70s or older. A mechanical wolf robot used ...

The robot pauses at the edge of the room as an engineer checks its sensors. Then, with a soft mechanical hum, this humanoid machine begins to move. It lifts a mannequin from a bed, slowly and ...