The newest employee at a Tokyo 7-Eleven works through the night without a single break. It silently stocks drinks and other products with mechanical precision, and cleans and mops the floor whenever ...

Japan’s biggest convenience store chain has started trials of robot workers in an effort to address a serious worker shortage in the country. A 7-Eleven shop in Tokyo will be the first to test the ...

(CNN) — Japan’s population is the oldest in the world, with a third aged over 65, and one in 10 aged over 80, due to a combination of low fertility rates and high life expectancy. This has a direct ...

In Tokyo, a humanoid robot is being tested as a potential caregiver for Japan's aging population. Dubbed AIREC (AI-driven Robot for Embrace and Care), the system recently demonstrated its ability to ...

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang describes robots as "AI immigrants", arguing they could solve a global labor shortage that is hampering manufacturing. Addressing concerns about machines replacing ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> on Monday unveiled a doe-eyed palm-sized robot, dubbed Kirobo Mini, designed as a synthetic baby companion in Japan, where plummeting birth rates have left ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mira Robotics developed its "ugo" robot to reinforce greying Japan's shrinking workforce, but as the coronavirus threat persists, the Japanese startup is offering its machine as a ...