2+ hour, 26+ min ago  (431+ words) By TAKAHIRO TAKENOUCHI/ Staff Writer April 23, 2026 at 17: 25 JST The artificial intelligence-based table tennis robot Ace plays against a human opponent. (Provided by Sony AI) A research team led by Sony AI developed an artificial intelligence-based robot capable of bringing its…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (809+ words) March 11, 2026 at 11: 05 JST A person visits the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China July 26, 2025. (REUTERS) BEIJING--China's scramble to adopt artificial intelligence will spawn new jobs and propel the world's second largest economy, say policymakers and company executives, as…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (496+ words) By YUSUKE OGAWA/ Staff Writer February 26, 2026 at 18: 21 JST The robotic arm planned for nuclear debris removal from the No. 2 reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is shown in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 25. (Pool) Five years behind its…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (528+ words) February 9, 2026 at 17: 11 JST An Agi Bot robot 'dances' to music during CES 2026, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 6. (Reuters) BEIJING--In China, humanoid robots are serving as Lunar New Year entertainment, with their manufacturers…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (481+ words) August 8, 2025 at 12: 12 JST BEIJING--A high-tech district in the Chinese capital is opening an all-service robot store on Friday to push'a national drive'to develop humanoid robots. From plucking boxes off a pharmacy shelf to serving drinks from behind a bar,…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (505+ words) By NAOKO MURAI/ Staff Writer Zoom Masayoshi Son, chairman and president of Soft Bank Group Corp. , and Sam Altman, CEO of U. S. -based Open AI, discuss projects at an event held in Tokyo on July 16. (Naoko Murai) Soft Bank Group Corp....

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (590+ words) BEIJING--While China's men's soccer team hasn't generated much excitement in recent years, humanoid robot teams have won over fans in Beijing based more on the AI technology involved than any athletic prowess shown. Four teams of humanoid robots faced…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1057+ words) Zoom Employees move humanoid robots as they work on the production line at the Agi Bot factory in Shanghai, China March 20, 2025. (REUTERS) SHANGHAI/BEIJING, May 13 (Reuters) - In a sprawling warehouse in a Shanghai suburb, dozens of humanoid robots are maneuvered…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (404+ words) By IKUKO ABE/ Staff Writer Hundreds of dancers from northeastern Japan will descend on the'Osaka Kansai Expo site in mid-June to showcase the flavor of the Tohoku region's biggest summer festive event. It will be the first time for the'Tohoku…...

1+ year, 3+ day ago  (409+ words) While both humans and androids took part, the only humanoid robots allowed to run were bipeds. But various control methods were allowed, from totally autonomous androids to remote-controlled devices. Zoom The Tiangong Ultra android developed by a Beijing company takes…...