TOKYO — Mechanical hands dexterous enough to thread a needle, childlike dancing robots and adult-sized ones to help with deliveries were on display Thursday as the Humanoids Summit Tokyo opened. Among ...

The race was sponsored by a department of the Beijing municipal government. While both humans and androids took part, the ...

“In the future, the relationship between humans and robots will deepen, and the distinction between them will probably disappear.” This prediction, from one of the attendees at the recent Humanoids ...

The robot pauses at the edge of the room as an engineer checks its sensors. Then, with a soft mechanical hum, this humanoid machine begins to move. It lifts a mannequin from a bed, slowly and ...

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From robot companions to robot cafes, these aspiring Asian machine overlords still need plenty of human oversight.

Humanoids Dance and Thread Needles as Japanese Robotics Developers Look to Outdo Chinese TOKYO (AP) — Mechanical hands dexterous enough to thread a needle, childlike dancing robots and adult-sized ...