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 ...

All week on 5 live and across the BBC, we're taking a look at ... popular in Japan. Yusuke Abe, a developer at SoftBank robotics, talks about the capabilities of 'Pepper'. The robots so far ...

The Henn'na Hotel in Japan has found ... they employ robots. But not to worry, the staff there is warm and friendly. The robots come in many shapes and sizes. Some look like humans.

Robots tend to get pretty hot when they’re doing serious work, and cooling them down is a serious challenge for engineers, but researchers from Japan have found a way around that, and they took ...

Japan’s population is ... Alongside the robots, Kisui is also developing an online platform called Newton, which gives farmers real-time insights into crops, diseases, and farm management.

Japan's first surgical ... We examine how the robot is used in surgeries and interview the developers about why the device was necessary. We also look at how the robot is being used to operate ...

During a press event on January 23rd, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) demonstrated two new robots at the mock-up facility at Japan Atomic Energy Agency’s Naraha Center for Remote Control ...

It has a friendly voice, two arms with which to gesticulate for emphasis, and a smooth face modelled on a Noh mask from traditional Japanese theatre. Another robot accompanies the diner at their ...

Japan's food industry faces the same dire demographic ... but one startup believes robots could save the day. Delibot, developed by Connected Robotics, can fill and package 250 food containers ...