Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots. She is the author of the books Live or Die: Survival Hacks, Wizarding World: Movie Magic Amazing Artifacts, The ...

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.

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Sushi-making robots, playmate robots, robotic wombs, sex robots and babysitting robots — all are either already on the market or being developed in Japan. “Robots have become incorporated into daily ...

(USA TODAY) -- President Obama was impressed by a robot demonstration Thursday in Japan... impressed and maybe a little intimidated. "We saw some truly amazing robots, although I have to say the ...

Humanoid robots, which move almost as naturally as humans do, are fulfilling an increasingly broad range of roles in Japan. Behind their popularity are improvements in sound and image recognition ...

In Japan, robots are starting to run, jump and even trip the light fantastic-sometimes literally. At a recent expo in Tokyo, for example, four Sony Corp.

President Obama met some Japanese robots and didn't like it. "I have to say that the robots were a little scary, they were too lifelike. They were amazing," Obama said at a technology display ...

Industrial Robot installation in Japan rose by +9% and reached 50,413 units in 2022. This result is exceeding the pre-pandemic level of 49,908 units i ...

Japan is the world´s number one industrial robot manufacturer - delivering 45% of the global supply. In recent years, the country's robot suppliers have increased their production capacity ...

“Robotics is to be for the Japanese economy in the 21st century what automobiles were in the 20th,” says Jennifer Robertson, a professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan.

As societies around the world grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, service robots have emerged as a powerful tool in fighting the virus and addressing social needs.