A new humanoid robot has stunned audiences with its eerie realism to the point where many refused to believe it was actually a machine.

At the time of its launch in 2015, Erica was dubbed not only the most beautiful but also the most intelligent android. Several other female-like robots have made headlines since then, but the Japanese ...

Still from a Yamaha commercial advertising Charlie, a little robot that uses automatic composition technology to communicate by singing. (Image via Courthouse News) TOKYO (AFP) — Nami Hamaura says she ...

Compact robots that can rest on human shoulders are guiding tourists around Tokyo, but their creator is touting a more ...

On Tuesday, two androids were introduced in Japan by Osaka University professor Hiroshi Ishiguro, and will be on display at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo starting ...

Beginning in the 1960’s, the rise of manufacturing for the automotive industry and the concomitant rise of industrial robots played an indispensable role in powering Japan’s economic miracle. By the ...

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 ...

Nearly two years before Japanese fashion titan Yusaku Maezawa embarked on his recent tourist visit to the International Space Station, he made global headlines for launching a worldwide search for a ...