A 22-meter robot arm will help remove a third sample of radioactive debris from inside Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator said Thursday, as it unveiled the snake-like device.

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings unveils a 72-foot robotic arm to retrieve radioactive fuel debris from Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Japan's leading mobile operator and global research institute for haptics announce what they call world's first stable, ...

Two Japanese firms embed quantum-inspired tech in a robot, enabling faster real-time tracking and smarter movement.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming health care and medical education. From enhancing diagnostic accuracy and clinical decision-making to enabling virtual simulations and personalized ...

Japan aims to mass-produce humanoid robots by 2027 as Hitachi deploys AI-powered models and the government backs a domestic robotics strategy.

SUZHOU, China—Elon Musk has been telling investors for months that Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot will revolutionize the world and create a new mega-industry. But most of it could belong to China, he ...

WTF?! The sci-fi trope of humanoid robots that are almost indistinguishable from the real thing has moved a lot closer to reality. China has revealed what is dubbed the first "biomimetic AI robot," ...

At this stage of the robotics race, it's probably fair to assume that a few of us have a bit of humanoid malaise. After all, we've seen more funny videos of robots dropping plates out of dishwashers ...

Elon Musk admitted on Tesla’s Q4 2025 earnings call today that the company doesn’t have any Optimus robots doing useful work in its factories right now. This is a striking admission, given that Musk ...