Japan must shift its approach to robotics stay competitive ...

Incredibly cool or insanely creepy? Yes, that is an actual robot. Japanese researchers have blurred the lines between man and machine with their latest robot, the incredibly realistic Geminoid DK. It ...

Visitors to Tokyo's Shinjuku ward my find themselves figuratively transported to the uncanny valley, if they take a stroll past Takashimaya department store, that is. Until Valentine's Day, a ...

Japanese engineers have created a female android that's an exact replica of a woman while being cheaper and more compact than earlier models, bringing the futuristic world of the film "Surrogates" ...

We always thought the award for “creepiest replicant/cyborg creation” would go to a Japanese model, since they always seem to be coming out with newer (and more erotic) versions of Asian humanoids, ...

The Uncanny Valley is a pit of doom for robots, few that dare enter its depths will ever emerge again. Yet the latest realistic robot from genius Hiroshi Ishiguro is as close to spanning the valley as ...

Hiroshi Ishiguro (or his evil android twin, one) is back in business, and nearly four years after his Geminoid HI-1 startled youngsters everywhere, the Geminoid-F has arrived to consternate the ...

The Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Osaka University has helped produce what has to be the most convincing android yet to come out of Japan The Geminoid F is the most scarily realistic android to ...

Hiroshi Ishiguro, one of Japan’s most famous robot makers, caused a splash back in April, when he unveiled Geminoid-F, one of the most realistic humanoids ever. Last month, a variation of the robot, ...

The Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Osaka University has helped produce what has to be the most convincing android yet to come out of Japan The Geminoid F is the most scarily realistic android to ...