From September 10–12, 2025, the International Logistics Exhibition (LTT) will be held at Tokyo Big Sight. At the event, DAMON ...

Even with our reassurances about safety, people readily imagined hazards: humanoids could trip, stumble, or tip over; they ...

On the left, according to Retrolicious, "Yasutaro Mitsui poses with his own steel humanoid, Tokyo, Japan, in 1932." And on the right, Hiroshi Ishiguru ...

“But no other companies outside of Japan are conspicuous at present” in the drive to bring the 'bots mainstream. The image in Japan, largely inspired by the cartoon culture, is of robots serving as ...

Japanese researchers have created humanoid robots that can walk and run, and some with faces that mimic emotions with startling accuracy. Abe foresees robots helping out in nursing homes and hotels.

Japanese are more accepting of robots because the native Shinto religion often blurs boundaries between the animate and inanimate, experts say. To the Japanese psyche, the idea of a humanoid robot ...

Like a massage chair, the advanced control system transforms the user’s body into a remote interface for operating a humanoid robot. The Tokyo-based company has released a short video showcasing ...

West Japan Railway (JR West) has deployed a humanoid robot to tackle railway maintenance tasks, addressing Japan's labor shortages and safety concerns.

Japanese companies have been developing humanoid robots for decades. Here's a look at some of the best-known ones.

How to cope with an aging population and a declining labor force? Make humanoid robots, Japanese researchers say. Photos: The friendly faces of Japanese robots ...

The World Humanoid Robot Games, an international sports competition for human-form robots, opened in Beijing on Thursday.

Japanese companies have been developing humanoid robots for decades. Here's a look at some of the best-known ones.