Japan is home to the oldest population in ... Downstairs, a humanoid robot called Pepper was leading an activity session for around 30 day centre attendees. Speaking in a cheerful voice, she ...

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

UBTech Robotics has announced a partnership with a major Chinese furniture retail chain to sell 10,000 robots, including models specifically designed for elderly care, marking the firm's latest ...

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

The manufacturer of the humanoid robots Nao and Pepper, Aldebaran Robotics, has slipped into insolvency. Whether and how it will continue is largely unclear. The French robotics company Aldebaran ...

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 shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a manoeuvre used to change diapers ...

The 150-kg artificial intelligence-driven humanoid robot called AIREC is a prototype future "caregiver" for Japan's rapidly aging population and chronic shortage of elder-care workers.