This is Paro, one of the world’s most successful therapeutic robots--popular to the extent that some refer to it as “Japan’s pride.” “I came up with the idea for a pet robot because I ...

Built to resemble a baby harp seal, Paro was hailed in Japan as a pioneer among socially interactive robots, one that would help lift the spirits of millions of elderly adults. Now it's reached ...

Tmsuk (source in Japanese) adds that it will continue to develop robots that can handle “places where humans cannot enter,” “work that is dangerous for humans to do,” and “environments ...

(CNN) — Japan’s population is the oldest in the ... technology from space exploration to build an AI-assisted farming robot. “In the past 20 years or so, 50% of the farmers have retired ...