Tim Hornyak, author of “Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots,” who was at the event, categorized it as ...

Japan’s government is actively pushing robots into jobs that workers increasingly refuse to do, from lifting elderly patients in nursing homes to running repetitive tasks at rural factories. The ...

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 ...

In Japan, robots will soon be tested as baggage handlers at an airport starting next month. The Japan Airlines trial comes as the country sees a surge in inbound tourism and a worsening labor shortage ...

You might have heard of dogs with jobs, well now get ready for robots with jobs! Gabi the robot has just become a Buddhist monk in a special ceremony at Jogye Temple in Seoul, in South Korea. A monk ...

Researchers hope to build a facility with thousands of robots capable of performing experiments independently by 2040.