Facing a severe labour shortage, Japan has turned to automation in convenience stores by launching a revolutionary trial of ...

Japan’s biggest convenience store chain has started trials of robot workers in an effort to address a serious worker shortage ...

Explore how industrial robots and service robots are moving beyond factories, expanding into hospitals, homes, and customer ...

From delivering meals to running 'lights out' warehouses, robots are starting to shake up the food industry. So what roles ...

Workplace safety has always been a top priority for businesses, but with evolving technology, a new question arises: can robots take on the role of a safety officer? Artificial intelligence (AI) and ...

In a certain science fiction-influenced view of the future, robots will be our ever-willing servants, taking on the work that we no longer want to do, making our home and work lives easier. It seems ...

Patients can expect robots to take over more work from HSE staff in future – but it is unclear how this will affect jobs. A new blueprint imagines a greater role for a robotic workforce and more ...

This dairy barn is full of cows, as you might expect. Cows are being milked, cows are being fed, cows are being cleaned up after, and a few very happy cows are even getting vigorously scratched behind ...

Recently, I was at a party in San Francisco when a man approached me and introduced himself as the founder of a small artificial intelligence (AI) start-up. As soon as the founder figured out that I ...

For many children, the transition from learning to read to reading to learn is a crucial and sometimes nervewracking ...