A prophetic cyberpunk manga masterpiece published 37 years ago envisioned a world where humans and artificial intelligence become indistinguishably intertwined—both mechanically and philosophically.

The company behind the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner entered a pre-packaged bankruptcy process and lined up its Chinese contract manufacturer, Picea Robotics, as a buyer. But that hasn’t stopped perhaps ...

In the event of critical accidents at nuclear power plants, remote-controlled robots and other machines will play an important role as they are capable of operating even in areas with high levels of ...

We look at the efforts of Israeli-American robotics expert Tamir Blum, who develops AI robots that will help Japanese ...

In a February 2025 report, the Bank of Korea warned that a shrinking workforce driven by low birth rates and rapid ageing ...

When China’s National People’s Congress convened in Beijing last week to review the draft outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan ...

TOKYO -- Japanese industrial robot developer Telexistence has been selected to take part in a fellowship for physical AI run by several prominent U.S.-based tech companies, the startup announced ...

Just as China’s early electric vehicles were underestimated until scale, supply chains, and iteration ecosystems reshaped global competition, embodied intelligence and humanoid robotics is emerging as ...

Uber has teamed up with UK self-driving car startup Wayve and Nissan to launch a pilot program for a robotaxi service in ...

US self-driving startup Nuro, which is backed by the likes of NVIDIA, Toyota and Uber, has started testing its autonomous vehicles in Tokyo.

Robot Food has designed a new identity for Japan’s leading vinegar and seasoning brand, with the aim of demystifying Japanese ...

On March 11, 2008, the first Japanese module of the International Space Station launched on the space shuttle Endeavour during mission STS-123. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] ...