Ground crews at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport are getting new colleagues that stand about four feet tall and do not take breaks.

Børnich, a forty-two-year-old Norwegian, has been obsessed with robots since he was a child. His firm used to be called ...

Tim Hornyak, author of “Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots,” who was at the event, categorized it as the so-called “Galapagos syndrome,” referring to how innovative Japanese ...

Humanoid robots are getting a new gig as baggage handlers and cargo loaders at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport—part of a Japan Airlines experiment to address a human labor shortage as airport visitor numbers ...

Robots are set to be tested as baggage handlers at an airport in Japan starting next month. The Japan Airlines (JAL) trial comes amid a surge in inbound tourism in the country and a worsening labor ...

It is a rare occurrence that an industrial revolution unfolds in three distinct dialects: precision engineering in Tokyo, ...

Japan Airlines is testing humanoid robots to assist with baggage handling and ground operations, signaling a shift in aviation automation. While not fully replacing workers, the move reflects Japan’s ...

The bots have got this in the bag. We may no longer fear disgruntled luggage handlers playing soccer with our suitcases. Japan Airlines is looking to fill a baggage handler gap by enlisting an army of ...

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The race was sponsored by a department of the Beijing municipal government. While both humans and androids took part, the ...

In brief: It's not just the factory floor where humanoid robots are starting to appear next to flesh-and-blood employees. Air travelers in Japan will soon see the machines moving luggage and cargo – a ...