which has been on Japanese TV since the 1970s, captured the imagination of a whole generation and continues to be popular to this day, with a 'real-life size' 20 meter (65 feet) high Gundam robot ...

Remote work is expanding into many other areas besides office work. Robots and remote-control technology make a greater range of tasks possible, from stocking convenience stores, to operating ...

Maya Sakai, who has spinal muscular atrophy and feared becoming isolated at home, expects that use of robot avatars will ... as she loves comedy and other TV shows. But no offers materialized.

Ten people, all with severe disabilities, took turns operating the cafe's robots. Some worked from wheelchairs, and others from their beds located across Japan. Many people who become bedridden ...