The new robot guides at a Tokyo museum look so eerily human and speak so smoothly they almost outdo people — almost. Japanese robotics expert Hiroshi Ishiguro, an Osaka University professor ...

A group of researchers at the University of Tokyo, including one who consults for Toyota, believe that the future of autonomous vehicles may involve a humanoid robot behind the wheel. They have ...

Tokyo-based start-up Tsubame Industries has developed a 14.8-feet, four-wheeled robot that looks like "Mobile Suit Gundam" from the wildly popular Japanese animation series, and it can be yours ...

Customers gawk at the robot as it introduces itself, gestures, blinks its eyes, dances and even does tai chi. Over the past year, Nao has been moved to several branches of the Bank of Tokyo ...

This month, the organizing committee announced the Tokyo 2020 Robot Project, a collaboration between Toyota, Panasonic, and several Japanese government entities that will bring robots front and ...

Dinosaurs, laser lights, cabaret and robots. Lots and lots of robots. One of the top tourist attractions in Tokyo is Robot Restaurant. Located in the Shinjuku nightlife district, it’s one of the ...

The Field Support Robot is a good boy! The black-and-white high-tech contraption made its debut earlier this week as one of a handful of robots designed to streamline the Tokyo Olympic Games.

The robot won a shootout against professional players from the Alvark Tokyo basketball team the following year. The latest version rolls around on wheels to execute shots. It’s unclear how much ...

Another robot accompanies the diner at their table, taking their order and engaging them in friendly chat about their day or, as is often the case with tourists, their visit to Tokyo. And ...

A robot that plays table tennis put Olympian Miwa Harimoto through her paces at a demonstration event organized by the semiconductor industry in Tokyo. Developed by Omron Corp., the ninth ...