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Japan Is Starting to Use Robots in 7-Eleven Shops to Compensate for the Massive Shortage of Workers

The newest employee at a Tokyo 7-Eleven works through the night without a single break. It silently stocks drinks and other products with mechanical precision, and cleans and mops the floor whenever ...
Aviation Week Network

Japan Delivers New Resupply Asset To International Space Station

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) inaugural HII Transfer Vehicle-X (HTV X-1) successfully rendezvoused with the ...
The Japan Times

Government to help rural businesses adopt robots amid labor shortage

Aimed at boosting productivity despite labor shortages, a new group will train advisers to help companies introduce and use ...

These robots can clean, exercise - and care for you in old age. Would you trust them to?

It sounds like something from a sci-fi film - but some scientists believe this clever new tech could help alleviate strains ...

Japan successfully launches new cargo spacecraft to deliver supplies to International Space Station

Japan's space agency successfully launched its most powerful H3 rocket, carrying a newly developed unmanned cargo spacecraft ...
Business Insider

I spent 4 nights at a robot hotel in Tokyo. The future of hospitality is here — but it still needs fine-tuning.

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DIGITIMES

SoftBank's acquisition of ABB's robot business reshuffles competition

Following SoftBank's acquisition of ABB's robotics business, the global industrial robot landscape has shifted from a ...
EDN

10 robots will help run new Japanese hotel

Back in August, Electronic Products told the story of a robot that provides concierge services at the Aloft Hotel in Cupertino, CA. As one might expect, the trend of using robots for tasks that have ...