Kimiya Ishikawa, chief executive of Silver Wing Social Care Corporation which runs Shintomi, said Japan's affinity for technology and the familiarity of robots ... to try it out first." ...

In Japan, robots are often assumed to be a natural ... and wiggle its tail when users pet and talk to it. At first, care workers were quite happy with the robot. However, difficulties soon emerged.

A team of international researchers has now developed the first universal model that ... affect the willingness to use care robots. Countries like Japan are experiencing declining birth rates ...

The first thing Pepper told me was that he was ... observed something similar while producing a documentary about care robots in Japan; the social robots did seem to get the residents talking ...

Image Credits: Labrador The world of elder-care robotics is still fairly nascent in the U.S. Japan may have the largest head start in the category due, in part, to its aging population ...

It could be helping care for Japan’s aging population by 2030. Last month experts said robot housekeepers could ... tidy and even prepare food. The first models are expected to cost the same ...

Slowly but steadily an 83-year-old woman marched up and down the corridor with a device strapped around her waist and attached to each leg. Sensors in the exoskeleton detected the movement of her ...