Japan’s government is actively pushing robots into jobs that workers increasingly refuse to do, from lifting elderly patients in nursing homes to running repetitive tasks at rural factories. The ...

Tokyo is hosting the World Robot Summit this week and it’s packed with the usual assortment of the practical, the weird, and the entertaining. When it comes to factory robots, Japan is king. More than ...

Japan's university system has long centred on engineering faculties led by manufacturing, resulting in a relative shortage of AI talent While humanoid robots from China and the US have captured the ...

The Western European countries reached a record 267 robots per 10,000 employees in the manufacturing industry 2024 — ahead of North America with 204 units and Asia with 131 units.