TOKYO -- Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart will introduce remote-controlled robots to stock shelves in its stores, Nikkei has learned. The company will partner with Tokyo-based robot ...

TOKYO -- Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart will introduce remote-controlled robots to stock shelves in its stores, Nikkei has learned.

Japanese konbini: Eternal beacons of hope. Source of wacky culinary delights. Home of the ever-lingering fax machine and, now, humanoid robot staff. This summer, convenience store chain FamilyMart ...

Sony AI Inc and avatarin Inc, an ANA Group company, have reached a basic agreement to work together to develop next-generation remote control robots by combining the AI and robotics technology of Sony ...

Hardly a day goes by that we don’t find ourselves stopping into one of Japan’s many convenience stores to grab a bite to eat or something to drink. But while we’ve come to expect tasty onigiri rice ...

Police in San Francisco will be allowed to use remote-controlled robots that can kill, despite fierce opposition from civil liberties groups. Opponents of the move said it would lead to the further ...

KUMAMOTO -- The education board of this southwest Japan city will launch an effort to tackle school absenteeism using in-class robot avatars that allow students to engage remotely in classes and ...

Nashik: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), in order to ensure narrow lanes do not prove to be a hindrance while dealing with fire incidents, has decided to procure remote-controlled fire fighting ...

Mining is built on decades of routine, but Brokk is proving there’s a smarter way with its remote-controlled robots.

As contractors manage challenges in skilled labor, many have gone towards technology and machines to find higher productivity and efficiency at the jobsite. While earthmoving equipment like compact ...