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 ...

“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 ...

The AI-driven Robot for Embrace and Care (AIREC) was designed by a team of researchers at Waseda University to carry out ...

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 groundbreaking development has come from researchers at the University of Tokyo and Waseda University in Japan ... the way for a new generation of robotics with diverse applications.

"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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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