Japan unveils its first AI buddhist monk robot as Kyoto University researchers turn to technology to support temples facing ...

The tiny robot captures the spirit of one of the country's most famous cartoons. Sept. 5, 2013— -- "Good morning to everyone on Earth." These are among the first words said by Kirobo today, the ...

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 ...

Researchers in Japan have unveiled Buddharoid, an AI-powered robot monk designed to support shrinking Buddhist communities as ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - In August, a robot vaguely resembling a kangaroo will begin stacking sandwiches, drinks and ready meals on shelves at a Japanese convenience store in a test its maker, Telexistence, ...

Humanoid robots are currently dominating discussions in the robot market, with manufacturers from the US and China at the forefront of this competition. Surprisingly, traditional Japanese robotics ...

A team of researchers at the University of Tokyo successfully bound engineered skin tissue onto the face of a humanoid robot Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

The newest employee at a Tokyo 7-Eleven works through the night without a single break. It silently stocks drinks and other products with mechanical precision, and cleans and mops the floor whenever ...

An amusing Marx battery-op, a 14-inch-long Snappy the Happy Bubble Blowing Dragon, is all original, in spectacular condition and comes with its original pictorial box. Very hard to find and in fine ...

There’s no clever functionality, no swish design—just reams and reams of vintage Japanese robots for salivating over. It’s like a flipbook of otaku porn—only won’t attract too many stares on public ...