The “talking” robot, nicknamed Ushi-kun, has helped drive up sales by 10-20 percent since it went into operation in late July at the Awaji Service Area on the inbound lane of the Kobe-Awaji ...

Japan’s first robot bartender has begun serving up drinks in a Tokyo pub in a test that could usher in a wave of automation in restaurants and shops struggling to hire staff in an aging society.

The OriHime-D robots used in the cafe were developed by Japanese start-up Ory and were ... The robots can be told to move, observe, talk to customers and carry objects, even if their operator ...

he met "Pepper": a so-called "companion robot" that can read human emotions. Yusuke Abe, a developer at SoftBank robotics, explained what Pepper could do, and why it was proving popular in Japan.

A Japanese actor who was the voice of "Doraemon", a cartoon cat robot beloved by children in Japan and other countries has died, her agency said Friday. Nobuyo Oyama was 90. For a quarter of a ...