Faced with an aging population and labor shortages, Japanese businesses are increasingly relying on service robots to ...

The experts warn Japan of a labor shortage clocking in at around 11 million within the next 15 years. Another institute ...

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 ...

In Tokyo, a humanoid robot is being tested as a potential caregiver for Japan’s aging population. Dubbed AIREC (AI-driven ...

Explore the future of robotics with the beetle-inspired robot designed for precision tasks in confined spaces and hazardous ...

The AI-driven Robot for Embrace and Care (AIREC) was designed by a team of researchers at Waseda University to carry out ...

Japan's Fukushima Institute for Research, Education and Innovation and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority have signed ...

Japan is the world's most advanced aging society with a falling birth rate, dwindling working-age population and restrictive ...

Faced with an aging population and labor shortages, Japanese businesses are increasingly relying on service robots to supplement their workforce, according to Bloomberg. Research firm Fuji Keizai ...

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the Fukushima Institute for Research, Education and Innovation (F-REI) have signed ...

The 150-kg (330 lb) artificial intelligence-driven humanoid robot called AIREC is a prototype future "caregiver" for Japan's rapidly ageing population and chronic shortage of aged-care workers.