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 cover a lot of robots here on Fast Company, sometimes exciting tech, sometimes promising for health care, or the future of daily life…and sometimes outright creepy. The latest Japanese android is ...

In 2006, Japanese engineer Hiroshi Ishiguro shocked the world by creating an android copy of himself called Geminoid HI-1. Nearly twenty years later, he has built six robot replicas of himself, with ...

Geminoid is an android that breathes, using compressed air, and responds to physical contact such as being poked. He’s been created as a robot double, to allow his human counterpart, Japanese ...

The Humanoids Summit Tokyo showcases advanced robotics, highlighting China's growing influence. Companies like Booster Robotics and LimX Dynamics are refining technology initially developed in Japan ...

Featuring an extraordinarily life-like humanoid robot, Seinendan Theatre Company (Japan) brings their breathtaking and intimate performance Sayonara: Android-Human Theatre to Melbourne today, 24 and ...

Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro, right, of Osaka University talks to android robot Geminoid at the Humanoids Summit 2026 in Tokyo, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ayaka McGill) ...