Ory Yoshifuji's Tokyo business employs housebound individuals to operate robots as waitstaff at a cafe and as personal tour ...

Robots at the cafe are piloted by people working from all over Japan – and the world (Adam Withnall/The Independent) Japan is running out of workers. With an unemployment rate of just 2.5 per cent, a ...

Japan is known for technological innovation and hospitality, influencing new hotel trends. Michelle Gross spent 4 nights at Yotel Tokyo Ginza, a hotel that leverages robots and automation. She says ...

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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 for $3 ...

Designed as a "healing robot," Mirumi is meant to sit with you, react to your presence and offer quiet comfort. It is ...

TOKYO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - In a restaurant down an alley in one of Tokyo's best-known red light districts, four massive female robots wink and wave as they lumber to the beat of traditional Japanese ...

AI-powered robots are drawing steady crowds at a major trade show in Tokyo, where more than 670 companies and research groups have gathered to show the latest in robot technology. At Kawasaki Heavy ...

If you’ve ever wanted to watch a robot high-five Simone Biles after she dismounts, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games has that possibility covered. Now they’ll introduce robotic technology. Tokyo 2020 will ...