Driven by labor shortages, Japan is pushing physical AI from pilot projects into real-world deployment.

The draft notes that Japanese firms dominate 70pc of the global market for industrial robots in fields such as auto production, possessing an abundance of data for operating machinery. Citing Japan’s ...

South Korea is fighting back against the flood of low-cost robots from China and Japan, which are handicapping its local ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced that he wants to triple the size of the Japanese robotics industry. Is this how you prepare for an uncertain future? Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

Scientists in Japan have made a robot face covered in living, self-healing skin that can smile in a demonstration of a new technique researchers believe could help pave the way for lifelike biohybrid ...

Japan is deploying robot wolves in bear-prone areas to help keep the animals away after a spate of deadly attacks. The so-called Monster Wolf, developed by Hokkaido-based precision machining company ...

Japan's Fukushima Institute for Research, Education and Innovation and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority have signed a memorandum of cooperation on joint research in robotics and autonomous ...

TOKYO — At a university lab in a Tokyo suburb, engineering students are wiring a rubbery robot face to simulate six basic expressions: anger, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise and disgust. Hooked up ...

The future of the world economy will be shaped either by the rapid deployment of robots or by disappointment that robotics fails to improve nearly as rapidly as boosters suggest. Either way, the ...

AI Monk Japan has gone viral after a robot began delivering Buddhist sermons in Kyoto. While some see innovation, others ...