Researchers at Kyoto University have developed Buddharoid. This is an AI-powered humanoid robot designed to act like a Buddhist priest, amid Japan’s priest shortage.

Who are Megan and Ben? Megan - Grew up in America, then lived in Germany, China, and now in Japan - An absolute fiend for walkable cities; left America for this reason - Watching Inuyasha as a 10-year ...

Boeing builds expensive airplanes -- but very affordable drone ships for the military.

OITA -- A graduate student here has been developing an "inconvenient robot" that is selfish and whose battery cannot be charged at home to encourage e･･･ ...

The government will unveil a policy for achieving a global market share of over 30% in the production of artificial intelligence robots by 2040 at the Japan Growth Strategy Council, chaired by Prime ...

The startup is holding initial discussions with Toyota, Sony Group, Honda, Nissan and Mitsui Chemicals to pitch them on how AI can advance manufacturing processes.

Japanese operator KDDI has expanded its partnership with digital avatar maker Avita for the development of humanoid robots.

According to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), an industry association, there were around 4.7m industrial robots operational worldwide as of 2024—just 177 for every 10,000 manufacturing ...

UK adults are most anxious (52%) vs South Korea least (29%), while high-exposure markets like China (75% of adults have seen/used robots) are also the most excited ...

The 21 sites were built in coastal municipalities to revitalize the region, with the government offering lavish incentives.

Recent academic research conducted by Yuchen Wang, an MSc Science and Technology graduate of the University of Edinburgh, ...

ODAKA, Japan (AP) — Fifteen years after the 2011 nuclear disaster, color-coded radiation maps hang on the wall of Futabaya Ryokan, the family-run inn Tomoko Kobayashi operates in her near-deserted ...