The newest employee at a Tokyo 7-Eleven works through the night without a single break. It silently stocks drinks and other products with mechanical precision, and cleans and mops the floor whenever ...

Japan's biggest convenience store chain has introduced robots on a trial basis in a bid to tackle labor shortages and ...

Facing a severe labour shortage, Japan has turned to automation in convenience stores by launching a revolutionary trial of ...

From September 10–12, 2025, the International Logistics Exhibition (LTT) will be held at Tokyo Big Sight. At the event, DAMON ...

Japan begins robot trials in 7-Eleven amid massive worker shortage - Autonomous machines will stack shelves and clean windows ...

Deep in Tokyo's Shinjuku district is a place of wonder and technology, an explosive spectacle of robots, glitz and lasers: the Robot Restaurant. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes ...

Tokyo-based start-up Tsubame Industries has developed a 14.8-feet, four-wheeled robot that looks like "Mobile Suit Gundam" from the wildly popular Japanese animation series, and it can be yours for $3 ...

Toy fans of all ages, as well as industry professionals, braved the searing heat of August's final weekend to attend the 2025 International Tokyo Toy Show.

TOKYO--Walking into Mikami Seiko's installation "Desire of Codes" feels like taking a trip into the mind of a robot. In a large, dark room, cameras on articulated robotic arms swing from the ceiling ...

The robots will also provide event information, guide people to their seats and help disabled spectators by carrying food and other items [Courtesy] Robots are set to be used at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic ...