Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robots at the cafe are piloted by people working from all over Japan – and the world (Adam Withnall/The Independent) Japan is ...

TOKYO, Japan (CBSMiami) -- Japan's first Robot Café opened its doors to the media on Tuesday with a robot replacing the barista to serve coffee to customers. It's called "Henn-na Café," which means ...

Being waited on by robot is something that we all imagine might be possible in the distant future, but one cafe in Tokyo is already offering just that... with a twist. As Fast Company reports, a visit ...

At a Tokyo cafe, Michio Imai greets a customer, but not in person. He’s hundreds of kilometres away, operating a robot waiter. At a Tokyo cafe, Michio Imai greets a customer, but not in person. He’s ...

Japan is running out of workers. With an unemployment rate of just 2.5 per cent, a rapidly ageing population and declining birth rate, finding enough people to fill roles as taxi drivers, baristas and ...

Being waited on by robot is something that we all imagine might be possible in the distant future, but one cafe in Tokyo is already offering just that… with a twist. As Fast Company reports, a visit ...