A partnership with tech company Telexistence is combining robotics and generative AI to try to address staffing challenges.

Researchers in Japan have tested a colossal robotic hand to clear earthquake rubble, paving the way for a breakthrough in disaster preparedness. The robot has been built through a collaboration ...

Fujitsu and Nvidia have been working together on AI, speeding up manufacturing with digital twins and robotics to tackle ...

Facing a severe labour shortage, Japan has turned to automation in convenience stores by launching a revolutionary trial of robot workers in 7-Eleven. The world’s largest convenience retailer is ...

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, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese company has introduced a new role for SoftBank's humanoid robot "Pepper" - a Buddhist priest for hire at funerals. Chanting sutras in a computerized voice while tapping a ...

TOKYO - Robot probes sent to one of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear reactors have suggested worse-than-anticipated challenges for the plant's ongoing cleanup. The plant's operator Tokyo Electric ...

China has embarked on a campaign to use more robots in its factories, transforming its manufacturing industries and becoming ...

Employees at Full Depth, a Tokyo-based company, show off an underwater robot that they hope will be used to inspect offshore wind turbines. (Cathy Senay/CBC) Etsuro Imamura stands in front of a small ...

Buddhists in Japan learn teachings of Buddha from a humanoid deity. KYOTO, Japan -- Every week, 62-year-old Miyuki Tanaka joins a pious crowd of Buddhists heading to the historic Kodaiji Temple in ...