Japanese Robots

Japanese Robots To Perform Field Work In Devastated Tsunami Zone

Posted 01.06.2012

In a region of the world that's down on its luck, robots are stepping up to the plate to save Japan's ravaged agricultural production. At least that's...

7 Ways Robots Are Replacing Humans

The Huffington Post | Jason O. Gilbert | Posted 10.02.2011

I've seen the first thirty minutes of Terminator enough times to know that murderous robots are eventually going to take over the world and enslave us...

Mating With a Machine? Maybe It's Not a Cop Out

Claudia Ricci | Posted 09.12.2011

Claudia Ricci

Given a choice between a man who brutalizes and murders, and a robot, I would opt for the robot in a heartbeat.

Humans Mating Machines? Maybe I'm Robo-Phobic...

Claudia Ricci | Posted 09.10.2011

Claudia Ricci

Sherry Turkle's fascinating new book, Alone Together, provides a startling exploration of the way digital technology and the fast-changing field of robotics are turning emotional connections among humans upside down.

Buy A Custom Robot That Looks Just Like You (PHOTO)

Posted 05.25.2011

*See photo below* If you're wondering what to put on your wishlist for the holidays, here's a gift idea you might not have considered: your robot twi...

CEATEC's Best Robots Ever (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

CEATEC 2009 launches October 6, and in honor of the cutting-edge tech and consumer-electronics show (which has wowed us year after year ) we decided t...

Japan Looks to a Robot Future

AP | HIROKO TABUCHI | Posted 05.25.2011

TOKYO — At a university lab in a Tokyo suburb, engineering students are wiring a rubbery robot face to simulate six basic expressions: anger, fe...