By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO, May 21 (Reuters) - One-third of Japanese companies are already using or considering deploying ...

Ohta Seiki struggles to keep up with demand for bear-deterring robots ...

"Monster Wolf" is an animatronic scarecrow with flashing red eyes that howls and growls menacingly to scare away wild animals ...

Japan’s bear problem continues, and the country is running out of the robot wolves that help keep them at bay. First released ...

The animatronic robot uses flashing LED lights for eyes, blaring sounds and jarring motions to scare wildlife away. The ...

Physical AI is emerging as one of the next major industrial battlegrounds, with Japan’s push driven more by necessity than anything else. With workforces shrinking and pressure mounting to sustain ...

Japanese officials contending with an increasingly aggressive bear population are leaning heavily on a creative solution to ...

Japan Airlines is putting humanoid robots to work at Haneda Airport. See why the future of your luggage is in robotic hands.

Japan will begin testing humanoid robots at airports from May 2026 to support baggage and cargo handling, aiming to reduce labour shortages and workload in ground operations.

Tokyo's Haneda Airport is beginning a trial of humanoid robots in airport ground services amid chronic labor challenges and a rapidly ageing workforce.

The robot pauses at the edge of the room as an engineer checks its sensors. Then, with a soft mechanical hum, this humanoid machine begins to move. It lifts a mannequin from a bed, slowly and ...