The era of robotic systems that are both autonomous and humanoid is characterized by self-maintenance capabilities, natural ...

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

Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson talks about how lab-grown muscles power a biohybrid hand for scalable prosthetics and research.

“Given our highly advanced ageing society and declining births, we will be needing robots’ support for medical and elderly care, and in our daily lives,” Shigeki Sugano, the Waseda University ...

Japan is now testing a humanoid robot, called AIREC (AI-driven Robot for Embrace and Care), to assist in elderly care. The 149kg bot recently demonstrated its capabilities by gently rolling a man on ...

A research team from the University of Tokyo and Waseda University announced Thursday ... were published in the online edition of Science Robotics. In a time of both misinformation and too much ...

A group of Japanese scientists stated that they invented the largest of its kind robot hand that moves using cultivated human muscle tissues.

Japan is the world's most advanced aging society with a falling birth rate, dwindling working-age population and restrictive ...

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 ...

Atsuo Takanishi, a professor of robotics at Waseda University, said, “Attention had been focused on robots due to their stable quality and improved productivity, but worker shortages have led ...

"Given our highly advanced ageing society and declining births, we will be needing robots' support for medical and elderly care, and in our daily lives," said Shigeki Sugano, the Waseda University ...