Slowly but steadily an 83-year-old woman marched up and down the corridor with a device strapped around her waist and attached to each leg. Sensors in the exoskeleton detected the movement of her ...

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 ...

Japan has long been a leader in robotics technology, particularly in the industrial sphere. Today, though, there is a growing focus on the “human side” of robots, such as their relationship ...

It’s not often that I’m torn between grinning like a loon and wanting to run for my life when ... at Japan’s Henn Na Hotels have on you. Because not only are they robots, they’re dinosaur ...

Slowly but steadily an 83-year-old woman marched up and down the corridor with a device strapped around her waist and attached to each leg. Sensors in the exoskeleton detected the movement of her ...

Robot-powered news readers have been unveiled by scientists in Japan. The lifelike Kodomoroid - an amalgamation of the Japanese word 'kodomo' meaning child and android - delivered news to ...