The newest employee at a Tokyo 7-Eleven works through the night without a single break. It silently stocks drinks and other products with mechanical precision, and cleans and mops the floor whenever ...

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.

Integral AI, founded by former Google researchers, is targeting Japan’s robotics sector with AI models designed to help industrial robots learn faster.

The future of the world economy will be shaped either by the rapid deployment of robots or by disappointment that robotics fails to improve nearly as rapidly as boosters suggest. Either way, the ...

At a quiet temple in Kyoto, something unusual unfolded. A robot walked slowly across the floor, gesturing carefully and speaking in a calm, measured v.

Scientists in Japan have made a robot face covered in living, self-healing skin that can smile in a demonstration of a new technique researchers believe could help pave the way for lifelike biohybrid ...

* 80% would share data with doctors, but far fewer trust companies * Users value usefulness; developers //prioritize safety and privacy Japan, home to the world's ...

TOKYO — U.S. technology company Nvidia and Fujitsu, a Japanese telecommunications and computer maker, agreed Friday to work together on artificial intelligence to deliver smart robots and a variety of ...

Video. An AI powered robot monk called Buddharoid debuts in a Kyoto temple, answering personal questions and raising new questions about faith and technology.

Nagaoka University of Technology (NUT), a UNAI member institution in Japan serving as the Hub for Sustainable Development Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, has been a world-leading ...