Slowly but steadily an 83-year-old woman marched up and down the corridor with a device strapped around her waist and attached to each leg. Sensors in the exoskeleton detected the movement of her ...

Faced with an aging population and labor shortages, Japanese businesses are increasingly relying on service robots to supplement their workforce, according to Bloomberg. Research firm Fuji Keizai ...

Japan's food industry faces the same dire demographic ... but one startup believes robots could save the day. Delibot, developed by Connected Robotics, can fill and package 250 food containers ...

The 150-kg (330 lb) artificial intelligence-driven humanoid robot called AIREC is a prototype future "caregiver" for Japan’s rapidly ageing population and chronic shortage of aged-care workers. "Given ...