Japan's biggest convenience store chain has introduced robots on a trial basis in a bid to tackle labor shortages and ...

The Era of Embodied Intelligence is Here: Humanoid Robots Entering a Period of Explosion, with Computing Chips as Core ...

Seven-Eleven Japan Co. on Tuesday introduced worker robots to one of its convenience stores in Tokyo, with the trial part of ...

Japan's delivery robot market is still at its initial stage of development and the costs for producing the machines and their operation afterward are still high.

Japan's obsessed with automation — not because it's novel, but because there just aren't enough people. More small and medium-sized companies are buying robots to make up for a labour shortfall ...

Robots are serving customers in Japanese department stores and banks, as well as building advanced machines for the nation’s manufacturers. Has the future already arrived in Japan, or is the ...

TOKYO -- Orders for industrial robots from Japanese manufacturers hit a record 955.8 billion yen ($7.35 billion) in 2022, up 1.6% from the previous year, the Japan Robot Association said Thursday ...

In Japan, robots are more than mere gadgetry--they're practically family. Unlike the U.S., where the icons of a dawning era of robots tend to be either the faceless, Frisbee-shaped, floor ...

Japan has invested untold millions in developing all kinds of robots, including machines that can work in hazardous places like nuclear power plants.

Japanese researchers beseech the government to invest in a robot development plan, with the aim of creating a machine that has the artificial intelligence of a human child.

Japan’s obsession with robots is well documented. In fact it’s a cliché. Foreign journalists seem to like Japan’s affection for robots almost as much as Japan likes robots. If I were a ...

Economic boon Japan’s robot revolution is not only underway, but has the backing of the country’s government, which sees it as a potential antidote to decades of sluggish GDP growth.