I spent 4 nights at a robot hotel in Tokyo. The future of hospitality is here — but it still needs fine-tuning.

I spent 4 nights at Yotel Tokyo Ginza, a hybrid robot hotel in Tokyo. The robot room service and check-in was novel, but it ...
New Atlas

AI robot buddy aims to teach gamers social skills

This charmingly Japanese robot acts as a gaming buddy, taking the other controller and playing against you while chatting about what's happening on screen. It's designed to stave off loneliness, and ...
Stars and Stripes

Aquatic robot race at Navy base in Japan submerges students in STEM

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — An annual robotics competition put students through their underwater paces this week at the homeport of the Navy’s 7th Fleet. Thirteen teams from Nile C. Kinnick High and ...
TechCrunch

Toyota is teaching robot arms to fold t-shirts the Japanese way

Monday’s Toyota CES press conference was all about Woven City, the carmaker’s planned community at the base of Mount Fuji. Robotics will undoubtedly play a major role in the company’s bid to automate ...