Deep in Tokyo's Shinjuku district is a place of wonder and technology, an explosive spectacle of robots, glitz and lasers: the Robot Restaurant. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes ...

The robotic Pepper Parlor puts a Star Wars-esque spin on dinner and a show in Tokyo. Patrons may order from, converse with and be entertained by a robot fleet that outnumbers its human handlers at ...

A café partially staffed by robots recently opened in downtown Tokyo, giving guests the opportunity to live out a sci-fi fantasy. It also provides jobs to those with physical limitations or ...

TOKYO, Japan — In the Shinjuku District near downtown Tokyo, tourists are packing a unique restaurant that puts dinner theater on a new level. It was a place Colorado resident Michelle Summers and her ...

Japan is known for technological innovation and hospitality, influencing new hotel trends. Michelle Gross spent 4 nights at Yotel Tokyo Ginza, a hotel that leverages robots and automation. She says ...

If you finish a bowl of pasta at Tokyo's newly opened E Vino Spaghetti restaurant and want to say thank you to the chef, don't bother: all eight of its noodle dishes are being prepared by an automated ...

A pioneer in inclusive employment practices, this revolutionary café is staffed by robots who are actually pleasant to chat with – because they’re piloted remotely by people with disabilities.

A restaurant in Tokyo features a variety show with 12-foot-tall robots that took more than three years and $126 million to create. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.Aug. 27, 2012 ...

TOKYO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - In a restaurant down an alley in one of Tokyo's best-known red light districts, four massive female robots wink and wave as they lumber to the beat of traditional Japanese ...