Money from big tech companies and top VC firms is flowing into the nascent “virtual beings” space. Mixing the opportunities presented by conversational AI, generative adversarial networks, photore
The <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/robocalypse/">Robocalypse</a> is near: Osaka-based <a href="http://www.hajimerobot.co.jp/en/">Hajime Research Institute</a> is working on a <a href="http://www.
We're getting closer and closer to the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/robocalypse">Robocalypse</a>: Osaka-based industrial equipment maker <a href="http://www.musclecorp.com/english/index.php">Mu
We're one step closer to the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/robocalypse/">Robocalypse</a>: Japan-based <a href="http://global.kawada.jp/">Kawada Industries</a> has developed a humanoid robot that
Simroid, a super-realistic dental training robot developed in Japan, caused quite a splash in news outlets worldwide when it made <a href="http://www.diginfo.tv/2007/12/26/07-0580-r.php">its debut in
We've shown you many <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/kinect/">Kinect</a>-based hacks and applications over the past months, and here is a new one from Japan: major robot maker <a href="http://www.
Most <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/robots">robots</a> that are labeled "humanoids" still have a common problem: they can only walk in a slow, mechanical and chopping motion. Even <a href="https:
Honda has been very silent about <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/asimo">Asimo</a>, its super-advanced humanoid <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/robots">robot</a>, in recent years. After introdu
We've shown you <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/robots">robots</a> completing various tasks in the past, but this new model, a small hobby humanoid, can ride a bicycle like a human being. It's not
Do you remember Actroid-F, the super-realistic humanoid that <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2010/10/27/videos-super-realistic-female-humanoid-actroid-f/">we've shown you last year</a>? Her makers, ro
Robots these days, especially humanoids, have one problem: it doesn't feel nice or life-like when you touch them. This is where an invention by Japanese robot startup <a href="http://www.touchence.jp/
We're one step closer to the Robocalypse: a research team at Japan's <a href="http://www.kagawa-u.ac.jp/sub/english.html">Kagawa University</a> has developed a <a href="http://stwww.eng.kagawa-u.ac.jp
Professor Eduardo Bayro-Corrochano from the <a href="http://www.cinvestav.mx/Default.aspx?alias=www.cinvestav.mx/ingles&language=en-US">Research and Advanced Studies Center of the National Polytec
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Remember <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/HRP-4C/">HRP-4C</a>? I saw her once in real life with my own eye
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The <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/robocalypse/">Robocalypse</a>, it's coming nearer and nearer. Case in point: P
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The Japanese don't call them androids but <a href="http://search.beta.techcrunch.com/query.php?s=actroid">actr
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The <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/02/17/video-first-robot-to-run-full-marathon-next-week/">world's
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<a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/02/17/video-first-robot-to-run-full-marathon-next-week/">Last we
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<a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/toyota">Toyota</a> isn't just a car company: as we reported <a href="http://
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We all knew this day would come, and we all knew this would happen in Japan: robot maker <a href="http:/
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