TOKYO — Japan has launched the world’s first talking humanoid robot “astronaut” toward the International Space Station. Kirobo — derived from the Japanese words for “hope” and “robot” — was among five ...

TOKYO — Tap a touch screen in the Miraikan science museum, and a woman seated nearby on a plush white chair beams a placid smile. Tap another icon, and her too-smooth face twists into a scowl. Watch a ...

Westford, USA, Aug. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Robots are already in use in manufacturing, aerospace industries and other technological fields, but their use is set to increase in the next few years ...

TOKYO – Lonely astronauts on the International Space Station may soon be getting an android friend from Japan. And for the folks back home, it will tweet. Japan's space agency is considering putting a ...

A Chinese electric-vehicle maker plans to use solid-state batteries to power humanoid robots, extending the possible range of ...

TOKYO — It was fitting that a little guy named Asimo helped Japan ring in the new year. A nation that grew up on Atom the boy robot and a bevy of other humanoid cartoon 'bots gaped as this Tin Man ...

Tokyo - Lonely astronauts on the International Space Station may soon be getting an android friend from Japan. And for the folks back home, it will tweet. Japan's space agency is considering putting a ...

Kirobo, a 13-inch-tall talking robot, is now orbiting the Earth en route to the ISS, where he’ll be company for Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata. “One small step for me, a giant leap for robots.” On ...

Japanese researchers said on Saturday that they have developed a humanoid robot that can laugh and smile just like a real human being. The robot, called Geminoid TMF, can move its rubber facial skin ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has launched the world’s first talking humanoid robot “astronaut” toward the International Space Station. Kirobo — derived from the Japanese words for “hope” and “robot” — was among ...

In this photo taken from video Japan's H-2B rocket lifts off from a launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, southern Japan, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Japan successfully launched the ...