Researchers from Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba in Japan have come up with a novel way for people to experience animal affection and assess its impact on ...

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Japan's ageing population is putting strain on national budgets and society as a whole, but researchers are developing ...

As Japan faces a caregiver shortage, a new survey shows that trust, not age, shapes willingness to adopt home-care robots and ...

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But the tone and pizzazz of IREX has always been provided by the humanoids. It’s a somehow thrilling spectacle to see robots ...

In Japan, you can find advanced automated parking systems that fit as many cars as possible into very small spaces. They are ...

Can cutting open a robot be the best way to win an engineering argument? That slice through synthetic skin, theatrically done ...

Back in August, Electronic Products told the story of a robot that provides concierge services at the Aloft Hotel in Cupertino, CA. As one might expect, the trend of using robots for tasks that have ...

Machines already occupy intimate places in our lives — and depending on whether software like Siri is functioning like we want it to, machines can often seem like friends or foes. But do we actually ...

Our delighted faith in the automatons raises the question of how they will integrate into human society Read more at The ...