NAO is the sixth generation of the interactive humanoid robot NAO, developed by the Japanese-French company SoftBank Robotics. It is in use worldwide and serves primarily as a research object for ...

The manufacturer of the humanoid robots Nao and Pepper, Aldebaran Robotics, has slipped into insolvency. Whether and how it will continue is largely unclear. The French robotics company Aldebaran ...

SoftBank plans to invest over $1 trillion in AI industrial parks in the US, with CEO Masayoshi Son discussing the idea with ...

SoftBank considers $16.5B loan for US AI ambitions, may help lead $40B funding round in OpenAI, valuing it at $300B. Japan's ...

SoftBank Group Corp. is seeking a loan of as much as $16.5 billion to help fund artificial intelligence investments in the US ...

(Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to lead a $500 million funding round for Skild AI, a startup building ...

The Japanese company halted assembly of the 198,000 yen (US$1,790 or RM7,433) robot in August after inventory piled up, but may decide to resume production in future, a SoftBank spokeswoman said.

Japanese technology company Softbank denies it’s pulling the plug on its friendly, talking, bubble-headed Pepper robot. “There is absolutely no change to our Pepper business,” Softbank ...

As the growth of the U.S. workforce is expected to slow down, SoftBank is confident that the efficient use of AI robots would help the U.S. manufacturing industry to develop further, the report noted.

FUKUOKA--Dancing robot dogs named Spot and Pepper humanoid robots have been cheering on the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks baseball team in the absence of flesh and blood fans and cheerleaders. The ...