Japanese researchers have created humanoid robots that can walk and run, and some with faces that mimic emotions with startling accuracy. Abe foresees robots helping out in nursing homes and hotels.

“But no other companies outside of Japan are conspicuous at present” in the drive to bring the 'bots mainstream. The image in Japan, largely inspired by the cartoon culture, is of robots serving as ...

West Japan Railway (JR West) has deployed a humanoid robot to tackle railway maintenance tasks, addressing Japan's labor shortages and safety concerns.

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.

Teams from 16 countries are competing in a range of sports including football, athletics and dance as part of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, China.

Japanese companies have been developing humanoid robots for decades. Here's a look at some of the best-known ones.

The World Humanoid Robot Games, an international sports competition for human-form robots, opened in Beijing on Thursday.

China is hosting the world's first Humanoid Games, where robots compete in sports such as basketball and kickboxing, ...

On the left, according to Retrolicious, "Yasutaro Mitsui poses with his own steel humanoid, Tokyo, Japan, in 1932." And on the right, Hiroshi Ishiguru ...

It's midnight, and the humanoid robot, its two eyes glittering in the dark, is working the graveyard shift at a railroad crossing.

More than 500 humanoid robots in 280 teams from 16 countries – including Japan, Germany and the US – were expected to compete ...

Japanese companies have been developing humanoid robots for decades. Here's a look at some of the best-known ones.