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..
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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..
At a press conference in Japan, Kansai University and Teijin announced the development of piezoelectric fabric that can be used for wearable sensors and actuators. The piezoelectric fabric is a fabric consisting..
Nestlé Japan will soon begin using a humanoid robot to sell Nescafé machines as part of its ongoing effort to enhance brand engagement with consumers in Nescafé’s biggest market. Nescafé will use..
Toshiba today announced that it has developed a lifelike communication android that can move its arms and hands smoothly and use Japanese sign language. The android is a prototype that Toshiba will..
About 550 companies and organizations from Japan and overseas are showcasing their latest IT and electronics products at the CEATEC JAPAN 2014, which opens to the public today. A robot from Omron..
A research team at the University of Tokyo has unveiled one of the fastest two-legged robots in the world that can reach speeds up to 4.2 kilometers per hour (2.6 mph). While..
