Another robot accompanies the diner at their table, taking their order and engaging them in friendly chat about their day or, as is often the case with tourists, their visit to Tokyo.

If robot avatars can help even a small portion of these demographics get into the workplace it could make a big impact, both to their lives and to the country. Professor Takahiro Ueyama, chief ...

Tom Yeung here with today’s Smart Money. In the 1962 pilot episode of The Jetsons, Jane Jetson, a space-age housewife, wants ...

The robots that serve customers at Tokyo's Dawn Ver Café are controlled remotely by people who are physically paralysed rather than by artificial intelligence. The cafe has assisted many people ...

In the drizzling rain, a green self-driving delivery robot moves through a street in Tokyo. It is on a mission to pick up a meal from a restaurant for an order on Uber Eats. Uber Eats Japan ...

A robot barista named "Sawyer" makes a coffee at Henn-na Cafe in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2018. The cafe's robot barista brews and serves coffee as the rapidly aging country seeks to adapt to shrinking ...

The trial run involving four robots is under way at two stores in the western Tokyo city of Hachioji. Orders are accepted between 9:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. Each delivery costs 330 yen, including tax.

Only in Tokyo could you hire a cat out for an hour and stroke it while you have a cappuccino -- or better still, while a robot cooks your noodles for you.

Another robot accompanies the diner at their table, taking their order and engaging them in friendly chat about their day or, as is often the case with tourists, their visit to Tokyo.