OHBU, Japan -- The elderly patients suffer from severe dementia, but their faces light up when they see the dog-shaped robot, swaddled in soft clothing, waddle around the hospital floor. Some clap; ...

KYOTO, Japan — The robot appeared in the hotel hallway as if out of nowhere, R2D2-sized, silently rolling, on a mission of undetermined nature from its robot overlords. A group of us Yankee travelers ...

TOKYO (AP) -- A robot math whiz breezes through a Rubik's Cube, using metal hands to twist and turn the colorful toy. A dentistry student peers into the mouth of a new patient -- a humanoid practice ...