TOKYO, March 5 (UPI) -- Students at a Tokyo primary school will soon be learning from the first robot teacher, a Japanese science professor says.
OSAKA , Japan, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Japanese scientists say they've created a life-like robot resembling a 5-year-old girl.
LOS ANGELES, July 23 (UPI) -- Some children with autism spectrum disorders may interact more easily with mechanical devices -- such as a robot -- than with humans, a U. S. researcher said.
HOUSTON, March 15 (UPI) -- The International Space Station's new robot, Dextre, finally came to life Friday night after two days of troubleshooting by scientists.
BRISBANE, Australia, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Australia researchers are using a robot named Eliza to conquer the tyranny of distance and improve delivery of specialist medical care to outlying areas.
HARBIN, China, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Harbin Polytechnical University, in Harbin, China's has developed a robot that can help set bones, conduct surgeries and do medical research.
TOKYO, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Seiko Epson Corp. will display the world's lightest flying microrobot at the Future Creation Fair from Aug. 27 in Tokyo.
TOKYO, July 22 (UPI) -- The Japanese security firm Secom Co. Thursday unveiled Secom Robot X, a robot that can chase trespassers at 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) per hour.
TOKYO, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Sony's new robot can jog, sometimes with both feet off the floor, as well as walk at speeds, climb a hill and dance, it showed in a Tokyo demonstration.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The world's first remote-presence robot doctor -- kid of an R2D2 with a computer screen for a head -- has been built, says Dr. Louis Kavoussi.