A recent Japanese study tried to teach an advanced android how and when to respond to shared laughter - a social skill for advancing human-robot interaction ...

Two female robots spoke to the audience in Japanese, and the younger android stated that she hoped she could have her own TV program one day, then went on to flawlessly read a news story about a ...

KYOTO, Japan — The robot appeared in the hotel hallway as if out of nowhere, R2D2-sized, silently rolling, on a mission of undetermined nature from its robot overlords. A group of us Yankee ...

Sushi-making robots, playmate robots, robotic wombs, sex robots and babysitting robots — all are either already on the market or being developed in Japan. “Robots have become incorporated into daily ...