Nami Hamaura says she feels less lonely working from home thanks to her singing companion Charlie, one of a new generation of cute and clever Japanese robots whose sales are booming in the pandemic.

Seven android robots shown at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka in a pavilion produced by University of Osaka professor ...

OSAKA—Will human beings be coexisting with androids, humanoid robots, 50 years from now? Famed robotics researcher, professor Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University Graduate School, will present his ...

AN AI-powered android nurse shows its bot-side manner as it gets hands-on with a patient. The test demonstrated how medical robots could be used to help the elderly with basic functions such as ...

Chicago, July 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Japan autonomous mobile robots market was valued at US$ 225.76 million in 2024 and is expected to reach US$ 1,079.34 million by 2033, growing at a CAGR ...

Simply sign up to the Japanese business & finance myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. With 500 days to go before the spring 2025 opening of the Osaka World Expo, its secretary-general ...

Color me confused. After years of being told not to associate the word “robots” with "Terminator"-type androids, recent news is chock-full of reports of humanoid robots running half marathons or ...

At several restaurants in the heart of Tokyo, robotic felines glide effortlessly between tables, balancing trays of steaming ...