SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son has long predicted a future where robots would outnumber people and take over many jobs from humans.

Hangzhou-based Unitree Robotics, which is often described as China’s answer to Boston Dynamics, introduced its latest ...

SoftBank's acquisition of ABB's robotics unit reflects billionaire Masayoshi Son's renewed interest in robots. The company was behind the development of humanoid, Pepper, which was unveiled in 2014.

Leju Robotics secures major funding as China's humanoid arms race lures IPO-hungry investors and Wall Street's attention.

Yukiko Namekata, a resident at an elder care facility in Tokyo run by Zenkoukai, and her caregiver follow the movement of a miniature humanoid robot called PALRO. At top, AIREC, an artificial ...

I spent 4 nights at Yotel Tokyo Ginza, a hybrid robot hotel in Tokyo. The robot room service and check-in was novel, but it has a way to go.

There is no problem in principle for machines to design other machines, for systems to generate other systems, and so on ...

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--China's adoption of robots continues at a rapid pace: The country has surpassed Germany and Japan in the ratio of robots to factory workers, taking third ...

The future of the construction industry is now turning toward robotics. While there was a time when ... 3 shocking quotes ...

Usually a sword-wielding robot would be the stuff of nightmares. But the Japanese company Yaskawa Electric Corporation makes it look totally awesome. The company taught one of its manufacturing robots ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a manoeuvre used ...