Japan’s population is the oldest in the ... and also the great potential for this type of off-road robotics technology to be applied, especially for outdoor orchards, which are also very, ...

A team of researchers in Japan has created a robot that replicates feline bunting behavior, a gesture of affection where cats ...

Inventor Kentaro Yoshifuji’s robots allow people to work at the Dawn cafe from anywhere in the world – ‘teleportation’ technology that could open up new demographics for Japan’s flatlining economy. Ad ...

Kimiya Ishikawa, chief executive of Silver Wing Social Care Corporation which runs Shintomi, said Japan's affinity for technology and the familiarity of robots in popular culture, such as cartoons ...

Kimiya Ishikawa, chief executive of Silver Wing Social Care Corporation which runs Shintomi, said Japan's affinity for technology and the familiarity of robots in popular culture, such as cartoons ...

I traveled a lot around the Japanese countryside,” he says, “You can tell how much difficulty (it) is having with the labor shortage. You see many abandoned houses … The farmers are clearly getting ...

Mirumi, from Japanese company Yukai Engineering, is a fuzzy little robot that clings to the handle or strap of your handbag and steals glances at passersby as you go about your business. Why? To spark ...