Remote-controlled robots to join FamilyMart’s workforce this summer
Created by Tokyo-based robotics firm Telexistence, FamilyMart workers will be able to control the robots from afar to help stock shelves.
Japan figuring out how to deliver goods untouched by people amid pandemic
Labor shortage and virus fears push robotics and logistics companies to explore ways to integrate technology into consumer deliveries.
Dog-like robots now on sale for $75,000, but buyers must pledge to do no harm
You can now buy one of those unnerving animal-like robots you might have seen on YouTube — so long as you don't plan to use it to harm or intimidate anyone. Boston Dynamics on Tuesday started selling its four-legged Spot robots online for just under ...
The threat of robots taking our jobs gets real
The coronavirus is hastening the need for a labor force that doesn’t get sick or locked down.
In Spain, bar bot serves up contact-free beers amid pandemic
He maybe silent and his moves mechanical but he can pull you a pint without the slightest concern about contamination: meet Beer Cart, the robotic barman serving beer in Seville. He made his debut when the southern city began enjoying new freedom as Spain eased ...
Space exploration’s next frontier: Remote-controlled robonauts
As Japan’s second female astronaut to fly up in the Space Shuttle Discovery, Naoko Yamazaki didn’t expect to spend a quarter of her time dusting, feeding mice and doing other menial jobs. It can cost more than $430 million a year to keep an astronaut ...
Sony and ANA to jointly develop remotely controlled avatar robots
With the new coronavirus pandemic restricting human contact, the two companies hope to use the robots in a wide range of situations such as teleworking.
Robots delivering meals, ghostly figures in hazmat suits and cameras pointed at front doors: China's methods to enforce coronavirus quarantines have looked like a sci-fi dystopia for legions of people. Authorities have taken drastic steps to ensure that people do not break isolation rules after ...
Tokyo unveils robots that will serve coronavirus patients at hotels
The metropolitan government aims to efficiently clean the facilities and lower the burden on staff members.
Klaus Petersen: A robotics CEO with business sense
Engineer and CEO Klaus Petersen on what got him into robotics, the challenges of running a small business in Japan and how he defies expectations.
Much-maligned robots may become heroes in war on coronavirus
Long maligned as job-stealers and aspiring overlords, robots are being increasingly relied on as fast, efficient, contagion-proof champions in the war against the deadly coronavirus. One team of robots temporarily cared for patients in a makeshift hospital in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the COVID-19 ...
A robot that cooks soba noodles is serving hungry commuters at a train station in western Tokyo in yet another example of Japan's shift to automation as labor remains in short supply. The robot was introduced Monday on a trial basis at Higashikoganei Station on ...
