Cyberdyne and Keio University School of Medicine has concluded a partnership memorandum of understanding, in order to advance and accelerate the world’s first, cutting-edge research project and to realize medical innovations for..
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Sharp Robotic phone RoBoHoN developed in collaboration with Tomotaka Takahashi, Project Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo’s Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology and CEO of robot development company Robo..
Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten – one of the World’s largest e-commerce firms is testing drones for delivering refreshments directly to golfers along the course. Rakuten will start the service in May for..
Toyota will present its vision for the future of mobility at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show, where three very different new concept cars will be revealed. Toyota will also introduce Kirobo Mini,..
Yamaha Motor announced sale of eight new YA Series articulated robots, which respond to a wide range of automation needs in production processes. Through adding the new ‘YA Series’ to its existing..
A drunken 60-year-old man was arrested for allegedly kicking a Pepper robot in a fit of rage at a SoftBank store, police said. According to the Kanagawa Prefectural Police, Kiichi Ishikawa from..
Flower Robotics, a Tokyo-based venture firm, showed a prototype of the Patin home-use robot in Tokyo recently. Patin is a robot that can be used in all homes around the world. It..
Korea will develop a 6,000 meter underwater walking robot ‘Crabster’ CR6000 with multiple crab-like legs to excavate shipwrecks or objects of maritime or historical interest. The articulated robot can move at a..
DoCoMo and TOMY Japan have jointly developed OHaNAS, an interactive voice-activated toy that children and adults can engage in highly natural voice-based exchanges in Japanese. The device links wirelessly with smartphones to..
Dentsu announced that robot astronaut Kirobo is scheduled to return to Earth on Feb. 11 after spending 18 months aboard the International Space Station. Developed in collaboration with the University of Tokyo’s..
