Crave freelancer Tim Hornyak is the author of "Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots." He has been writing about Japanese culture and technology for a decade. E-mail Tim.

Fresh from its defeat in women’s World Cup soccer, Japan wants to take on the U.S. once again—in giant robot combat. Suidobashi Heavy Industry has agreed to a challenge from Boston-based MegaBots that ...

Japan is building a massive humanoid robot modeled after those in the “Gundam” sci-fi franchise. The robot will be a replica of RX-78-2 Gundam, the samurai-inspired mecha introduced in the original ...

When it comes to mecha and giant robot franchises, most minds might immediately think of the Gundam brand. This is especially the case when it comes to specifically Japanese robots, with that ...