Dancing teens, robots face off at box office
The Lion will try to get its distribution roar back this weekend, but its female-targeting musical Fame will have to fend off a couple other wannabe kings of the box-office jungle.
Japan prepares robots to take over the kitchen
They've got ones that clean, and others that pour drinks, so it was only a matter of time before Japanese inventors came up with robots that can cook.
Befriend Robots on Facebook: The future of social networking?
Facebookers could soon receive a rather strange friend request from a new kind of “friend”, a robot.
Hayfever robots help take the sting out of spring
Japanese robots are helping hayfever suffers get through the allergy minefield that is spring by measuring the amount of pollen in the air and then warning about its severity.
Toyota aims to put robots to use early next decade
Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it aims to put its humanoid and other advanced robots to practical use soon after 2010 to help people in factories, hospitals, homes and around town.
Tokyo soccer robots don't quite have Becks appeal
David Beckham doesn't have anything to fear from robot players -- for now. At an indoor field in Tokyo, dozens of robots played soccer while others danced to samba music to cheer them on.
Japan eyes robots to support aging population
It looks like a washing machine on wheels, but the bulky contraption vacuuming the hallways of a Tokyo high-rise is a robot.