Since Japan’s baby population is on the decline it only makes sense that the country is now churning out robotic babies instead. Osaka University professor Minoru Asada and Hiroshi Ishiguro developed the new M3-neony robot to research motor skills. In addition to the physical... 

Sending humans to the moon is expensive. Sending robots to the moon? Less expensive. So that’s what NASA wants to do. Its new Project M would send humanoid robots controllable by scientists back on Earth up to the moon within 1000 days. Since robots don’t need life... 

TOTO sure has an interesting way of marketing their latest product known as the Greenmax 4.8. The idea that they came up with is the toilet-robot action figure who doubles up as the brand ambassador, where it is capable of pre-programmed speech (which means he can’t help... 

This rather futuristic looking security robot will be available in Mujiro and Ligurio models, where they come in purple and blue colors, respectively. Makoto Ishigaki is the brains behind the designs, where they have hidden retractable arms that feature 7 degrees of freedom whenever... 

We’ve got no idea how this nugget of glorious mechanized dance snuck past us — we’ll blame it on the horror we experienced while watching Doka Harumi’s robot dance routine. Another entrant in that same Japanese robo-dance contest, this red-blazered drone... 

Gibson’s Robot Guitar may have gotten off to a head start, but EverTune is here at CES with an automatic guitar tuner of its own that promises to keep your guitar in tune forever. To do that, EverTune makes use of a simple mechanism that relies on springs to maintain the... 

As commercial robotics improve, robot kits are also reaching new levels of sophistication. The most recent example of this trend comes in the form of the new Remo (remote brain) Humanoid Kit robot. Equipped with high-quality CCD cameras for image processing and pressure sensors... 

Chiba University researcher Hiroshi Ryu has unveiled what may be the first of a new wave of rescue robots. Dubbed the Hummingbird Robot, the tiny robot features four wings that flap 30 times per second, a miniature motor, and is controlled via infrared sensors. The mechanism... 

The shrinking ranks of expat English teachers in Japan face yet another employment challenge in the future in the form of the e-NUVO robot. Developed by the Nippon Institute of Technology, Harada Vehicle Design, ZMP and ZNUG Design, the robot was designed to teach children. ... 

Modeler and modder Maciel Barreto supremo has certainly gone over the top with his Morphius robot case mod, where Morphius comes across as a war-ravaged robot, complete with its guts and wires hanging out of its metallic body. Taking months to complete, this labor of love boasts...