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41 years ago, the US teamed up with Japan to create the highest-grossing robot franchise of all time

Long before the movies, the Transformers franchise began over four decades as a collaboration between Japanese toymakers and ...
Business Wire

Robot Installations in Japan up by 9% - IFR reports

FRANKFURT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Industrial Robot installation in Japan rose by +9% and reached 50,413 units in 2022. This result is exceeding the pre-pandemic level of 49,908 units in 2019. Japan ...
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Japan’s Restaurants Are Hiring Cat Robots — And They’re Pretty Good Servers

At several restaurants in the heart of Tokyo, robotic felines glide effortlessly between tables, balancing trays of steaming ...
CNN

Moon rover-inspired robot could be a game-changer for Japan’s aging farmers

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 effect on ...
CNN

Uber Eats is launching robot deliveries in Japan

Uber Eats customers in Japan can soon have an autonomous robot deliver their food on the streets of Tokyo. Uber announced a partnership Tuesday between robotics firm Cartken and Japanese industrial ...
NBC New York

Robots Do Check-In and Check-Out at Cost-Cutting Japan Hotel

The English-speaking receptionist is a vicious-looking dinosaur, and the one speaking Japanese is a female humanoid with blinking lashes. "If you want to check in, push one," the dinosaur says. The ...
CNN

The weird and wonderful world of Japanese robots

Editor’s Note: This feature is part of Vision Japan, a series about the visionaries who are changing Japan, and the places that inspire this innovation. See more here. The Japanese government is in ...