The robotic Pepper Parlor puts a Star Wars-esque spin on dinner and a show in Tokyo. Patrons may order from, converse with and be entertained by a robot fleet that outnumbers its human handlers at ...

Portland police needed a K-9 unit, a robot and tear gas in order to arrest a man wanted on a felony warrant two days after the suspect barricaded himself in a pizza parlor for several hours. Robots ...