Avatar Robotics has raised $6.5 million in Seed funding to scale its humanoid robotics platform for industrial labor, targeting persistent worker shortages across warehousing, logistics, and ...

Two diverse, beloved animation series — at Adult Swim and Nickelodeon — are celebrating 20th anniversaries with new productions. The new production marks the culmination of two decades of Robot ...

Mayor Tetsuya Sakamura speaks through an avatar robot with a municipal official in a remote location, at Shimotsuke City Hall in Tochigi Prefecture on July 29, 2026. (Mainichi/Manami Matsuzawa) ...

We've reported on robots that recognize human gestures and a robotic exohand that gives a human hand superhuman strength. Researchers have taken these abilities a few steps further using functional ...

SHIMOTSUKE, Tochigi -- The municipal government in this eastern Japan city will introduce avatar robots as part of a new support program for children refusing to go to school or experiencing social ...