Research in Japan shows that openness and trust are key to accepting home-care robots, impacting willingness to share ...

In Tokyo, a humanoid robot is being tested as a potential caregiver for Japan's aging population. Dubbed AIREC (AI-driven Robot for Embrace and Care), the system recently demonstrated its ability to ...

Robots have never felt as close to becoming a part of everyday life as they do today. Their widespread use now seems likely ...

Disney Research is working on a new method to create life-like movements in a robot. This week, robot enthusiast Lukas Ziegler shared a new video of a Disney robot dancing. In the video, embedded ...

The U.S. is about to face a reckoning when it comes to its 65-and-older population outnumbering children for the first time. But other nations — including Japan — are facing an even steeper ratio of ...

Robotics are coming to TV news. Using an advanced artificial speech system, a life-like robot named Erica is set to start a role as a TV news anchor in Japan. Read the whole story at Daily Mail » ...

TOKYO, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a ...