Merchandise returns accounted for $260.5 billion in lost sales for U.S. retailers in 2015, according to a report published last month by The Retail Equation in conjunction with the National Retail ...

The US Army has awarded a $1.7 million contract to develop an advanced robotic mannequin system for testing protective gear against chemical warfare agents. The Porton Man Robotic Test System, modeled ...

One might think that a mannequin in a store window that suddenly starts pulling a few moves would be enough to make shoppers jump out of their skin, but looking at a video of one that has recently ...

A robotic mannequin that helps doctors practice delivering babies could usher in a new era of health care, some doctors believe. The technology, dubbed “Victoria,” made an appearance Tuesday at the ...

The robot pauses at the edge of the room as an engineer checks its sensors. Then, with a soft mechanical hum, this humanoid ...

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Faceless, camera-eyed, paraplegic mannequins are coming soon to Japanese department stores, as Flower Robotics shows off its prototype models that not only turn to pose for individual shoppers, but ...

Amazon has filed a patent for a robotic fashion mannequin that can change dimensions to allow a shopper to see how clothes fit on different sizes. The prototype is equipped with electric motors, ...

Almost no one actually looks like models or mannequins, which makes it hard to tell, just by looking at pictures, how something will fit. Estonian startup Fits.Me has a solution. Online shopping is ...