Bear attacks in Japan have hit a record high, with 13 deaths and more than 220 injuries recorded between April 2025 and March ...

China’s UBTECH is launching a line of lifelike robots that can be customized to resemble "designated individuals." ...

Japan’s government is actively pushing robots into jobs that workers increasingly refuse to do, from lifting elderly patients in nursing homes to running repetitive tasks at rural factories. The ...

Physical AI is emerging as one of the next major industrial battlegrounds, with Japan's push driven more by necessity than anything else. With workforces shrinking and pressure mounting to sustain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro, right, of Osaka University talks to android robot Geminoid at the Humanoids Summit 2026 in Tokyo, ...

Japan Airlines will introduce a robot to wash aircraft exteriors at Narita airport in 2026, reducing labour hours and ...

Faced with an aging population and labor shortages, Japanese businesses are increasingly relying on service robots to supplement their workforce, according to Bloomberg. Research firm Fuji Keizai ...

OriHime, a 120-centimeter-tall robot, greets and directs patients at Musashino Hospital in the western Tokyo city of Kodaira, ...

At the second World Humanoid Robot Games, Japan’s only competing robot finished the preliminary heat of the 100-meter race, ...

A humanoid robot has beaten the human world record for the 100-meter sprint at an event in China. The second World Humanoid Robot Games got underway in Beijing on Saturday. The Chinese capital's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The edible agent in the study was made from edible materials and designed to sway from side to side in synchrony with ...

Japanese businesses looking for an employee with tireless enthusiasm and an unrivalled work ethic can now hire robot workers for an hourly wage. The 113-centimetre-tall bot, called “Ubiko”, can ...