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An curved arrow pointing right. The Robot Restaurant in Tokyo is one of the most intriguing shows in the world. The cabaret-style show has live music, dancing, singing, and, of course, robots.

It has a friendly voice, two arms with which to gesticulate for emphasis, and a smooth face modelled on a Noh mask from traditional Japanese theatre. Another robot accompanies the diner at their table ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Robot Restaurant, located in Tokyo's Shinjuku district, is home to a nightly cabaret show with giant neon robots. Produced by Jenner Deal Follow BI Video ...

From her home in Hyogo Prefecture she operated a robot that acted as her avatar to serve customers at a cafe in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward ... pilots who reside across Japan. All are unable to go ...

Japan is running out of workers. With an unemployment rate of just 2.5 per cent, a rapidly ageing population and declining birth rate, finding enough people to fill roles as taxi drivers, baristas ...

Developed by Omron Corp., the ninth-generation Forpheus robot was the star of the show on the last day of the Semicon Japan exhibition held at Tokyo Big Sight on Dec. 13. Harimoto won a silver ...