The tiny robot captures the spirit of one of the country's most famous cartoons. Sept. 5, 2013— -- "Good morning to everyone on Earth." These are among the first words said by Kirobo today, the ...

REUTERS - Kirobo, a knee-high talking robot with red boots and a black and white body, has blasted off from Japan for the International Space Station to test how machines can help astronauts with ...

Developers from the Kirobo project, named after "kibo" or hope in Japanese and "robot," gathered in Tokyo to demonstrate the humanoid robot's ability to talk. "Russia was the first to go outer space, ...

Japan has launched the world's first talking robot into space to serve as companion to astronaut Kochi Wakata who will begin his mission in November. The android took off from the island of ...

A 13-inch-high humanoid robot is being rocketed through the heavens for a rendezvous on the International Space Station where it will join a Japanese astronaut and serve as a mechanized, but ...

A small, humanoid robot will be flown to the International Space Station this summer to take part in the first experiment on conversation in space between a human and a robot. The effort could speed ...

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