Japan aims to mass-produce humanoid robots by 2027 as Hitachi deploys AI-powered models and the government backs a domestic robotics strategy.

Japan's service robot industry is set to triple in size by 2030. The country has become a hotbed for service robotics—from restaurants to nursing homes. Japan is struggling with a rapidly aging ...

Despite huge technical progress, these robots are still clumsy at handling everyday tasks in homes or hospitals or other ...

Yukiko Namekata, a resident at an elder care facility in Tokyo run by Zenkoukai, and her caregiver follow the movement of a miniature humanoid robot called PALRO. At top, AIREC, an artificial ...

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--China's adoption of robots continues at a rapid pace: The country has surpassed Germany and Japan in the ratio of robots to factory workers, taking third ...

TOKYO — Japan on Wednesday displayed a pair of two-legged humanoid robots that can operate in harsh conditions as the country prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions prepares for the next ...

Humanoid robots have officially arrived... sort of. Companies are wheeling out sleek, expensive prototypes with human-like limbs, while cooing PR departments promise a future where your home is ...