Toys from even as recently as the 1990s could be worth a small fortune today. Reader’s Digest knows you kept some of these nostalgic toys, whether on your own or at the behest of your kids.

However, in Japan cute and clever robots have become more and more popular. These robots are designed to give comfort to people of all ages, some are even warm to touch so it feels even more real!

Japanese industrial automation giant Yaskawa has announced a US$180 million investment to establish a new production base in Wisconsin, creating the company's first industrial robot factory on ...

Japanese technology company Softbank denies it’s pulling the plug on its friendly, talking, bubble-headed Pepper robot. “There is absolutely no change to our Pepper business,” Softbank ...

The unveiling of prototype humanoid robots by Tesla, Nvidia, and Hangzhou Unitree Robotics (Unitree) has fueled public fascination with the convergence of natural language models, artificial ...

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VOX POPULI: Watch out, Astro Boy. Elon Musk’s humanoid robots are coming Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. September 14, 2021 at 12:14 JST ...

Robot performing Japanese funeral rites shows no one's job is safe The good news is that robots will give us a proper send-off before taking over the planet.

Amid the competitive e-commerce space, Amazon has carved out a reputation for being the king of (fast) deliveries, and robots will continue to be a big part of it. During the Delivering the Future ...

In this science-fiction future, family houses battle each other in the Inner Sphere, like samurai clans sniping at each other in feudal Japan. A 2019 game, "MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries," let the ...

Oh the humanity? 03/09/2011 18:09 UTC Japanese robot astronaut speaks from space The robot wished Earth good morning 09/05/2013 22:12 UTC Interpreting the plot of Katy Perry and Kanye West's "E.T." ...