Robots designed to utilize artificial intelligence are capturing attention at a trade show showcasing state-of-the-art robot ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The brown-haired, brown-eyed woman made her Tokyo stage debut in a tearjerker about a girl suffering a fatal illness. Her voice was calm, but her performance a bit mechanical. It ...

As Japan continues to see a rise in dementia patients, the country is actively adopting advanced IT technologies to address ...

While Americans excel at producing deadly robots of militaristic persuasions, the Japanese are arguably the most competent designers of eerily human-like robots. Behold Kodomoroid and Otonaroid, two ...

KYOTO, Japan — The robot appeared in the hotel hallway as if out of nowhere, R2D2-sized, silently rolling, on a mission of undetermined nature from its robot overlords. A group of us Yankee travelers ...

Asimo is an ongoing project for Honda's R&D department. The first prototype was completed in 2000; the second generation arrived in 2005. Three research teams -- in Europe, Japan and the US -- are ...