Tokyo-based Toppan is piloting use of its TransBots digital twin solution for supporting nursing services. TransBots is a digital twin solution employing virtual reality (VR) and computer vision (CV) ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a manoeuvre used ...

If the thought of a giant robot bear picking you up doesn’t sound too scary, consider spending your old age in Japan. State-backed research center Riken is developing a bear-like intelligent lifting ...

Japan's service robot industry is set to triple in size by 2030. The country has become a hotbed for service robotics—from restaurants to nursing homes. Japan is struggling with a rapidly aging ...

Robots and artificial intelligence (AI) are expected to play a key role in nursing practice in the future. In this regard, researchers from Japan ask whether intelligent machines can replace humans as ...

Home-care robots hold significant potential in empowering older adults. Researchers from Chiba University, Japan, assess factors influencing the willingness to use home-care robots among caregivers ...