Engineers built E-BAR, a mobile robot designed to physically support the elderly and prevent them from falling as they move around their homes. E-BAR acts as a set of robotic handlebars that follows a ...

Hotels, wellness spaces, and cruises around the world are using this emerging concept not to replace human interaction—but to ...

Japan Airlines' trial of humanoid robots aims to address workforce shortages and improve efficiency in airport handling ...

Japan is stepping up efforts to compete in the humanoid robotics race, focusing on software and data. At the Humanoid Robot Expo in Tokyo, Japan’s first humanoid-focused event, a human-sized machine ...

Six of multiple possible assistance scenarios with a prototype of a new robot being developed at MIT. Top row: getting into/out of a bathtub, bending down to reach objects, and catching a fall. Bottom ...