Japan’s population is the oldest in the world ... technology from space exploration to build an AI-assisted farming robot. “In the past 20 years or so, 50% of the farmers have retired ...

Robot-powered news readers have been unveiled by scientists in Japan. The lifelike Kodomoroid - an amalgamation of the Japanese word 'kodomo' meaning child and android - delivered news to ...

During a press event on January 23rd, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) demonstrated two new robots at the mock-up facility at Japan Atomic Energy Agency’s Naraha Center for Remote Control ...

Japan's food industry faces the same dire demographic ... but one startup believes robots could save the day. Delibot, developed by Connected Robotics, can fill and package 250 food containers ...

Toshiba plans on releasing more android robots in preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to help assist tourists, the press release adds. Japan has been increasingly turning to robotics in ...

A research team from Osaka University has created a technology enabling androids to dynamically convey mood states like "excited" or "sleepy" by generating facial movements modeled as overlapping, ...

The robots have been designed for conservation, for work, and for play. Download the free SBS Audio app to listen live and on-demand or explore podcasts.

CNN The semi-autonomous robot is called Adam and is able to carry picked produce across difficult terrain as well as cut grass and spray fields with pesticides. Blum, an Israeli-American who first ...