At the time of its launch in 2015, Erica was dubbed not only the most beautiful but also the most intelligent android. Several other female-like robots have made headlines since then, but the Japanese ...

Still from a Yamaha commercial advertising Charlie, a little robot that uses automatic composition technology to communicate by singing. (Image via Courthouse News) TOKYO (AFP) — Nami Hamaura says she ...

On Tuesday, two androids were introduced in Japan by Osaka University professor Hiroshi Ishiguro, and will be on display at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo starting ...

KYOTO, Japan — The robot appeared in the hotel hallway as if out of nowhere, R2D2-sized, silently rolling, on a mission of undetermined nature from its robot overlords. A group of us Yankee travelers ...

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. Qrio robots were going through a dancing ...

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. By the ...

This got to be a pretty familiar trope with the iPhone in Japan: It’s just not advanced enough, since it’s missing things like bill payments, RFID, mobile TV and other crazy stuff. Analysts are saying ...