TOKYO (Reuters) - In August, a robot vaguely resembling a kangaroo will begin stacking sandwiches, drinks and ready meals on shelves at a Japanese convenience store in a test its maker ...

Hundreds of humanoids from 16 countries stumbled over each other while competing in the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing ...

Humanoid robots raced and punched their way through three days of a multi-sport competition at the World Humanoid Robot Games ...

The first World Humanoid Robot Games began Friday in Beijing. More than 500 humanoid robots in 280 teams from 16 countries, ...

Historic debut of the World Humanoid Robot Games kicks off in Beijing August 15, 2025 by Mai Tao The inaugural World ...

Remington Herrin, left, and Rafael Menzel team up to compete in the SeaPerch Challenge, an aquatic robotics race, at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, on April 7, 2024. (Jennessa Davey/Stars and Stripes) ...

LONDON AND TOKYO -- Scientists in Japan have made a robot face covered in living, self-healing skin that can smile in a demonstration of a new technique researchers believe could help pave the way ...

Engineers in Japan are trying to get robots to imitate that particularly human expression — the smile. They have created a face mask from human skin cells and attached it to robots with a novel ...

The 150-kg (330 lb) artificial intelligence-driven humanoid robot called AIREC is a prototype future "caregiver" for Japan's rapidly ageing population and chronic shortage of aged-care workers.