Japan’s population is the oldest in the world, with a third aged over 65, and one in 10 aged over 80, due to a combination of low fertility rates and high life expectancy. This has a direct ...

The semi-autonomous robot is called Adam and is able to carry picked produce across difficult terrain as well as cut grass and spray fields with pesticides. Blum, an Israeli-American who first ...

open image in gallery Customers arriving at Dawn cafe in Tokyo are greeted by an OriHime robot avatar (Adam Withnall/The Independent) Each of the robots is being controlled by a human – or pilot ...

And of course, there are robot dogs — some of them furry and cuddly, and some with scary, rotating radar faces. Here’s a rundown of this week’s latest hits. ADAM, a robot bartender with a ...