Regardless of how one feels about humanoid robots taking over more factory work, that shift is starting to feel inevitable.

IEEE Humanoids 2026 convenes December 6-9 in Santa Clara as Boston Dynamics, Figure AI, and Agility Robotics bring humanoid ...

Mitsubishi Motors and Highlanders plan humanoid robot production at a Kyoto plant by 2027 as Japan tackles manufacturing labor shortages.

Japan just committed $6.1B to deploy 10 million AI robots in healthcare, food, and factories by 2040. Here's who's building Noetra and what it means in 2026.

In Japan, robots will soon be tested as baggage handlers at an airport starting next month. The Japan Airlines trial comes as the country sees a surge in inbound tourism and a worsening labor shortage ...

The new RX, or Robotics eXperience, unit will report directly to CEO TM Roh and establish research hubs in the U.S., China, ...

A government-backed A.I. factory, new robotics partnerships and Nvidia’s Cosmos models are placing Japan at the center of ...

We're not going to see factories with 10,000 humanoid robot workers. We will however, see more robots ... and some humanoids.

Robotics emerges as a key solution to Japan’s crippling labor shortage, backed by domestic tech giants like Honda and Sony.

Hironobu Tamba left SoftBank to lead Noetra, a $6bn state-backed bet on Japan-built AI for robots. He calls it a last chance for the country.

Middle Division: Champion, B-Human; Runner-up, HTWK Robots; Third place, Rhoban. All competed on Booster K1. Small Division: Champion, Invic; Runner-up, Hamburg Bit-Bots; Third place, GeoHBots. Invic ...