The semi-autonomous robot is called Adam and is able ... size and a mini version — and testing them in real-life scenarios on farms around Japan. The larger Adam is 70 centimeters high and ...

The robot has been specifically developed to help provide pipeline inspection and repair work. It is also a significant ...

Yusuke Abe, a developer at SoftBank robotics, explained what Pepper could do, and why it was proving popular in Japan ... a humanoid robot that looked and sounded like a real person.

Researchers from Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba in Japan have come up with ... researchers hypothesize that robot bunting may offer similar calming and ...

This blond, "female" robot named Aria is powered by AI for her conversation skills, with 17 motors driving her facial expressions so she appears as human as possible.

Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo ... To explain, the mecha genre is broadly split into two sub-genres: real robot and super robot. Real robot is the military-esque ...

It has a friendly voice, two arms with which to gesticulate for emphasis, and a smooth face modelled on a Noh mask from traditional Japanese theatre. Another robot accompanies the diner at their ...

Japan now has two hotels run almost entirely by robots. The Hen'na Hotels are owned by low-cost travel agency H.I.S. Co. The hotels are in Nagasaki and Tokyo, Japan. There are robots to help you ...

Japanese company Nisseieco Co. Ltd. unveiled a "robot priest" they have programmed to help with tasks at Buddhist temples, including the reading of Buddhist scripture during funeral ceremonies.

Japan’s first robot bartender has begun serving up drinks in a Tokyo pub in a test that could usher in a wave of automation in restaurants and shops struggling to hire staff in an aging society.