On Thursday, SoftBank Robotics opened the Pepper PARLOR, a cafe where three different types of robots work alongside human staff to serve and entertain customers. "[The] aim is to create a space where ...

Japan is running out of workers. With an unemployment rate of just 2.5 per cent, a rapidly ageing population and declining ...

Every Sunday, Tokyo's Penguin Café opens an hour early to host an unusual group of visitors: robot dogs and their owners. The weekly event — named "Aibo World" after Sony's popular line of robot dogs ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has a robot cafe where customers can enjoy coffee brewed and served by a robot barista. The robot barista Sawyer debuted this week at Henna Cafe in Tokyo's downtown business and ...

A café partially staffed by robots recently opened in downtown Tokyo, giving guests the opportunity to live out a sci-fi fantasy. It also provides jobs to those with physical limitations or ...

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — While the thought of a robot delivering food and drink at a restaurant may hearken images straight out of a Star Wars cantina, the droid helping wait tables at one Frederick ...

Upon arrival at Japan’s Henn na Hotel, you are greeted by a pair of receptionists nodding from behind the front desk as you check in at a tablet. A quiet grace emanates from their serene smiles, ...

Robots are increasingly finding their way into the workforce in a variety of sectors Kentaro Yoshifuji of OryLab is one of a number of entrepreneurs experimenting in the avatar robot field Yohsifuji ...